CVE-2008-0884

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-0884
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-04-04T00:44:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T02:18:46
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-732 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0193.html Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019740 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28557 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0193
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0884
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435442 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41584 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0884
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0884
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:34:21 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-02 19:02:02 2023-02-02T17:15:18 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 19:02:02 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 19:02:03 The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file. CVE-2008-0884 system-auth-ac is world-writable Description updated
2023-02-02 19:02:04 References updated
2023-02-13 03:02:28 2023-02-13T02:18:46 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 03:02:28 CVE-2008-0884 system-auth-ac is world-writable The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file. Description updated