Stunnel Windows Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	29285
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2008-2400
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	May 04 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:28PM
Credit:	Stunnel
Vulnerable:	Stunnel Stunnel 4.22
Not Vulnerable:	Stunnel Stunnel 4.23

Stunnel Windows Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Stunnel is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability caused by an unspecified error when the application runs as a Windows service.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges. Successfully exploiting this issue may result in the complete compromise of affected computers.

The issue affects versions prior to Stunnel 4.23.

Stunnel Windows Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Stunnel Windows Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

Stunnel Windows Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• Stunnel Homepage (Stunnel)
  
• Stunnel News (Stunnel)