6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2025-1390
Libcap PAM Capabilities Group Name Injection Vulnerability
Description

The PAM module pam_cap.so of libcap configuration supports group names starting with “@”, during actual parsing, configurations not starting with “@” are incorrectly recognized as group names. This may result in nonintended users being granted an inherited capability set, potentially leading to security risks. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to achieve local privilege escalation on systems where /etc/security/capability.conf is used to configure user inherited privileges by constructing specific usernames.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 18, 2025, 3:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 18, 2025, 3:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.2

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=18804

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The PAM module pam_cap.so of libcap configuration supports group names starting with “@”, during actual parsing, configurations not starting with “@” are incorrectly recognized as group names. This may result in nonintended users being granted an inherited capability set, potentially leading to security risks. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to achieve local privilege escalation on systems where /etc/security/capability.conf is used to configure user inherited privileges by constructing specific usernames.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-284
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=18804
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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