Vulnerability CVE-2008-2378
Published: 2008-11-26   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Untrusted search path vulnerability in hfkernel in hf 0.7.3 and 0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse killall program in a directory in the PATH, related to improper handling of the -k option.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
HF -> HF 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32421
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1668
http://secunia.com/advisories/32855
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46806
http://secunia.com/advisories/32831
http://osvdb.org/50231
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504182
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