Vulnerability CVE-2021-43411


Published: 2021-11-07

Description:
An issue was discovered in GNU Hurd before 0.9 20210404-9. When trying to exec a setuid executable, there's a window of time when the process already has the new privileges, but still refers to the old task and is accessible through the old process port. This can be exploited to get full root access.

Type:

CWE-863

(Incorrect Authorization)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
8.5/10
10/10
6.8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
GNU -> HURD 

 References:
https://salsa.debian.org/hurd-team/hurd/-/blob/4d1b079411e2f40576e7b58f9b5b78f733a2beda/debian/patches/0034-proc-Use-UIDs-for-evaluating-permissions.patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2021-05/msg00079.html
https://www.mail-archive.com/bug-hurd@gnu.org/msg32112.html

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