Symantec Veritas File System 'qioadmin' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:31679

Info

Symantec Veritas File System 'qioadmin' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 31679
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-4638
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 20 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:22PM
Credit: Derek Callaway with Security Objectives
Vulnerable: Veritas Software File System 3.5
Veritas Software File System 3.4
Veritas Software File System 3.3.3
Veritas Software File System 3.2
Veritas Software File System 5.0
Veritas Software File System 4.1
Not Vulnerable: Veritas Software File System 5.0 MP3

Discussion

Symantec Veritas File System 'qioadmin' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Symantec Veritas File System (VxFS) is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability.

Successfully exploiting this issue allows privileged local attackers to gain access to arbitrary file contents with superuser privileges. Information harvested may aid in further attacks.

Exploit / POC

Symantec Veritas File System 'qioadmin' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

An attacker uses readily available tools to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Symantec Veritas File System 'qioadmin' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and fixes. Please see the references for more information.

References

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