Monkey HTTP Daemon '/var/run/monkey.pid' Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	55905
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2012-5303
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Oct 12 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 12 2012 12:00AM
Credit:	Henri Salo
Vulnerable:	Monkey Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3
Not Vulnerable:

Monkey HTTP Daemon '/var/run/monkey.pid' Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Monkey HTTP Daemon is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue by conducting a symlink attack.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to gain privileges of the affected application on affected computers.

Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.9.3 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Monkey HTTP Daemon '/var/run/monkey.pid' Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An attacker uses readily available commands to exploit the issue.

Monkey HTTP Daemon '/var/run/monkey.pid' Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

Monkey HTTP Daemon '/var/run/monkey.pid' Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• Monkey HTTP Daemon Product Page (Monkey)