Dag Wieers Dstat 'sys.path' Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:37131

Info

Dag Wieers Dstat 'sys.path' Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 37131
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2009-3894
CVE-2009-4081
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 25 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 11 2010 08:31AM
Credit: Robert Buchholz from Gentoo Security Team
Vulnerable: Red Hat Fedora 12
Red Hat Fedora 11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
Pardus Linux 2009 0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
Gentoo Linux
Dag Wieers dstat 0.6.9
Avaya Aura System Platform SP1.1
Avaya Aura System Platform 6.0
Not Vulnerable: Dag Wieers dstat 0.7

Discussion

Dag Wieers Dstat 'sys.path' Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Dag Wieers Dstat is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the affected application. Successful exploits may aid in the compromise of affected computers.

Versions prior to Dstat 0.7.0 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Dag Wieers Dstat 'sys.path' Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must have local access to an affected computer and must entice an unsuspecting user to run the dstat command on a crafted Python module.

Solution / Fix

Dag Wieers Dstat 'sys.path' Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0

Dag Wieers dstat 0.6.9

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64

References

Dag Wieers Dstat 'sys.path' Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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