Debian ACE Package Insecure Temporary File Creation Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:69656

Info

Debian ACE Package Insecure Temporary File Creation Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 69656
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 07 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 07 2014 12:00AM
Credit: Helmut Grohne
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Debian ACE Package Insecure Temporary File Creation Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Debian ACE Package is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

An attacker with local access could potentially exploit this issue to perform symbolic-link attacks, overwriting arbitrary files in the context of the affected application.

Successfully mounting a symlink attack may allow the attacker to overwrite sensitive files with elevated privileges.

ACE 6.2.7 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Debian ACE Package Insecure Temporary File Creation Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available commands to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Debian ACE Package Insecure Temporary File Creation 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].

References

Debian ACE Package Insecure Temporary File Creation Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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