Debian Apache Root Shell Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

BID:22732

Info

Debian Apache Root Shell Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 22732
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2006-7098
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 26 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 12 2015 07:34PM
Credit: Richard Thrippleton is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Debian Apache 1.3.34 -4
Debian Apache 1.3.33 -6sarge3
Debian Apache 1.3.32
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Debian Apache Root Shell Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

The Debian Apache distribution is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute abritrary commands with superuser privileges. This can result in a complete compromise of the affected computer.

This issue affects Debian Apache version 1.3.34-4.

Exploit / POC

Debian Apache Root Shell Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

Debian Apache Root Shell Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Patches are available to address this issue. Please see the referenced bug report for more information.

References

Debian Apache Root Shell Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

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