PT-2001-2151 · Merit · Merit Aaa Server

Published 2001-09-07 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2001-1000

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Merit AAA Server versions 3.8M, 5.01

Description The issue allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the rlmadmin.help file. This is related to the rlmadmin RADIUS management utility in the affected software.

Recommendations For Merit AAA Server version 3.8M, update to a version that fixes the symlink attack issue on the rlmadmin.help file. For Merit AAA Server version 5.01, update to a version that fixes the symlink attack issue on the rlmadmin.help file.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1000

Affected Products

Merit Aaa Server

References · 5

• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0036.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21101 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/3302 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1000 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7096 · Note