ecryptfs-utils suid Helper privilege escalation [CVE-2012-3409]
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A vulnerability was found in ecryptfs-utils (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component suid Helper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 07/14/2012. The weakness was presented 12/20/2019. The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-3409 since 06/14/2012. An attack has to be approached locally. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61420 (Fedora 16 : ecryptfs-utils-99-1.fc16 (2012-11049)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context local.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 54634) and Tenable (61420).
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: π
VulDB Reliability: π
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VulDB Base Score: π
VulDB Temp Score: π
VulDB Reliability: π
Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: π
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 61420
Nessus Name: Fedora 16 : ecryptfs-utils-99-1.fc16 (2012-11049)
Nessus File: π
Nessus Risk: π
Nessus Family: π
Nessus Context: π
OpenVAS ID: 864598
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for ecryptfs-utils FEDORA-2012-11069
OpenVAS File: π
OpenVAS Family: π
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Threat: π
Adversaries: π
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Economy: π
Predictions: π
Remediation: πRecommended: Upgrade
Status: π
0-Day Time: π
06/14/2012 CVE assigned
07/14/2012 Vulnerability found
07/24/2012 Countermeasure disclosed
08/06/2012 Nessus plugin released
12/20/2019 Advisory disclosed
12/20/2019 VulDB entry created
12/20/2019 VulDB last updateAdvisory: access.redhat.com
CVE: CVE-2012-3409 (π)
SecurityFocus: 54634
OSVDB: 84131
Created: 12/20/2019 06:53 PM
Complete: π
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