DSPAM Insecure Default Permissions Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:8623

Info

DSPAM Insecure Default Permissions Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8623
Class: Configuration Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 15 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 15 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Jonathan A. Zdziarski <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: DSPAM DSPAM 2.6.5 .1
DSPAM DSPAM 2.6.5
Not Vulnerable: DSPAM DSPAM 2.6.5 .2

Discussion

DSPAM Insecure Default Permissions Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been reported for DSPAM that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The issue lies in the fact that DSPAM is installed world-executable and setgid by default.

The DSPAM application allows a user to specify various agents via the command-line. As a result, an unprivileged attacker may be capable of specifying a malicious executable to the application. When invoked, the executable will be run with the group privileges of DSPAM.

This privilege escalation could assist in further attacks launched against a target system.

Exploit / POC

DSPAM Insecure Default Permissions Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

No exploit required.

Solution / Fix

DSPAM Insecure Default Permissions Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
It has been reported that this issue was addressed in DSPAM 2.6.5.2.


DSPAM DSPAM 2.6.5

DSPAM DSPAM 2.6.5 .1

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