tcptraceroute Failure To Relinquish Root Privileges Weakness

BID:8020

Info

tcptraceroute Failure To Relinquish Root Privileges Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 8020
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0489
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 24 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:56PM
Credit: This issue was announced in a Debian advisory.
Vulnerable: tcptraceroute tcptraceroute 1.2
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

tcptraceroute Failure To Relinquish Root Privileges Weakness

tcptraceroute fails to properly relinquish all root privileges it obtains after obtaining a file descriptor. This condition is not currently known to be exploitable, however, it could potentially allow for local privilege escalation.

Exploit / POC

tcptraceroute Failure To Relinquish Root Privileges Weakness

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tcptraceroute Failure To Relinquish Root Privileges Weakness

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