CVE-2019-10143
Freeradius Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue."
INFO
Published Date :
May 24, 2019, 5:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 4, 2024, 10:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2019-10143
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2019-10143.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155361/FreeRadius-3.0.19-Logrotate-Privilege-Escalation.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/14 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3353 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10143 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://freeradius.org/security/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/pull/2666 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ |
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CVE-2019-10143 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2019-10143 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 04, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 01, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 17, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 11, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Tag Red Hat, Inc. disputed -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description ** DISPUTED ** It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue." It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue." Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description It was discovered freeradius does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. ** DISPUTED ** It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue." Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3984 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10143 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1705340 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ [No Types Assigned] Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-250 Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-266 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description ** DISPUTED ** It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue." It was discovered freeradius does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10143 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1705340 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3984 [No Types Assigned] Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-250 Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-266 Removed CWE Reason CWE-250 / CWE from CNA not within 1003 View -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 30, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155361/FreeRadius-3.0.19-Logrotate-Privilege-Escalation.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155361/FreeRadius-3.0.19-Logrotate-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/14 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/14 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3353 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3353 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://freeradius.org/security/ No Types Assigned https://freeradius.org/security/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Removed CWE NIST CWE-264 Added CWE NIST CWE-362 Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 16, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155361/FreeRadius-3.0.19-Logrotate-Privilege-Escalation.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/14 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 06, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3353 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-266 Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-250 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 13, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. ** DISPUTED ** It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue." Added Reference https://freeradius.org/security/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 20, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 29, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/pull/2666 No Types Assigned https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/pull/2666 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10143 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10143 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.0.19 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-10143 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-10143
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.21556
percentile