Thermostat CVE-2014-8120 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	71709
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-8120
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Dec 16 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 09:14PM
Credit:	Elliott Baron of Red Hat
Vulnerable:	Thermostat Thermostat 1.0.4 Redhat Software Collections for RHEL 0 Redhat Software Collections 1 for RHEL 7 0
Not Vulnerable:	Thermostat Thermostat 1.0.6

Thermostat CVE-2014-8120 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Thermostat is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges.

Thermostat 1.0.4 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Thermostat CVE-2014-8120 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

Thermostat CVE-2014-8120 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

Thermostat CVE-2014-8120 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• [Thermostat-announce] [SECURITY UPDATE] Thermostat 1.0.6 update released! (Jon VanAlten)
  
• Bug 1168977 - (CVE-2014-8120) CVE-2014-8120 thermostat: local JMX URL disclosure (Red Hat Bugzilla)
  
• Thermostat Homepage (Thermostat)
  
• RHSA-2014:2000-1 Important: thermostat1-thermostat security update (Red Hat)