XInterceptTalk XITalk Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:9851

Info

XInterceptTalk XITalk Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9851
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0151
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 12 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 03:06AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to Steve Kemp.
Vulnerable: XInterceptTalk xitalk 1.1.11
+ 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
 + Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

XInterceptTalk XITalk Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Reportedly xitalk is prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This issue is due to a design error causing a failure in the handling of privileges by the application.

The problem may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary commands using the privileges of the 'utmp' user.

Exploit / POC

XInterceptTalk XITalk Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

XInterceptTalk XITalk Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian has released advisory DSA 462-1 and fixes dealing with this issue. Please see the reference section for more information.


XInterceptTalk xitalk 1.1.11

References

XInterceptTalk XITalk Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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