Sectool DBus File Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:52884

CVE-2012-1615 |

Info

Sectool DBus File Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 52884
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2012-1615
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 04 2012 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:10PM
Credit: Colin Guthrie
Vulnerable: Fedoraproject sectool 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sectool DBus File Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Sectool is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on systems running the affected application.

Exploit / POC

Sectool DBus File Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue with local interactive access to an affected computer.

Solution / Fix

Sectool DBus File Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

References

Sectool DBus File Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:
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