3.6
LOW
CVE-2024-56433
"Shadow Utilities Default Subuid Conflict Vulnerability"
Description

shadow-utils (aka shadow) 4.4 through 4.17.0 establishes a default /etc/subuid behavior (e.g., uid 100000 through 165535 for the first user account) that can realistically conflict with the uids of users defined on locally administered networks, potentially leading to account takeover, e.g., by leveraging newuidmap for access to an NFS home directory (or same-host resources in the case of remote logins by these local network users). NOTE: it may also be argued that system administrators should not have assigned uids, within local networks, that are within the range that can occur in /etc/subuid.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 26, 2024, 9:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 26, 2024, 9:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.5

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-56433 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-56433 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Shadow-maint shadow-utils
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/blob/e2512d5741d4a44bdd81a8c2d0029b6222728cf0/etc/login.defs#L238-L241
https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/1157
https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/tag/4.4

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CVE-2024-56433 - shadow-utils Default subordinate ID for local users creates risk of collision

Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 3, 2025, 1:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Dec. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Tag disputed
    Added Description shadow-utils (aka shadow) 4.4 through 4.17.0 establishes a default /etc/subuid behavior (e.g., uid 100000 through 165535 for the first user account) that can realistically conflict with the uids of users defined on locally administered networks, potentially leading to account takeover, e.g., by leveraging newuidmap for access to an NFS home directory (or same-host resources in the case of remote logins by these local network users). NOTE: it may also be argued that system administrators should not have assigned uids, within local networks, that are within the range that can occur in /etc/subuid.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-1188
    Added Reference https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/blob/e2512d5741d4a44bdd81a8c2d0029b6222728cf0/etc/login.defs#L238-L241
    Added Reference https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/1157
    Added Reference https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/tag/4.4
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