CVE-2007-5964
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Autofs Setuid Privilege Escalation
Description
The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, omits the nosuid option for the hosts (/net filesystem) map, which allows local users to gain privileges via a setuid program on a remote NFS server.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 13, 2007, 6:46 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:39 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.4
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://osvdb.org/40441 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28052 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28097 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28456 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1019087 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009 Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1128.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1129.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26841 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=409701 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410031 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10158 Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00474.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00549.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10158 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10158 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-5964
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Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.08236
percentile