ChironFS File Creation Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:25780

Info

ChironFS File Creation Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 25780
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-5101
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 24 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:35PM
Credit: Neal Becker is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: ChironFS ChironFS 1.0 RC6
Not Vulnerable: ChironFS ChironFS 1.0 RC7

Discussion

ChironFS File Creation Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ChironFS is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

An attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user who mounted the filesystem.

This issue affects versions prior to ChironFS 1.0 RC7.

Exploit / POC

ChironFS File Creation Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A specific exploit is not required. An attacker simply has to gain local interactive access to an affected computer.

Solution / Fix

ChironFS File Creation Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released an update to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


ChironFS ChironFS 1.0 RC6

References

ChironFS File Creation Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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