PT-2003-1807 · Kismac · Kismac

Published 2003-09-12 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2003-0704

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: KisMAC version prior to 0.05d

Description: The issue allows local users to gain privileges by exploiting the trust in user-supplied variables when chowning files or directories. This is achieved through the $DRIVER KEXT environment variable in several scripts, including viha driver.sh, macjack load.sh, airojack load.sh, setuid enable.sh, and setuid disable.sh. A similar technique is used for viha prep.sh and viha unprep.sh.

Recommendations: For KisMAC version prior to 0.05d, update to version 0.05d or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the vulnerable scripts until the update is applied. Avoid using the $DRIVER KEXT environment variable in the affected scripts until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0704

Affected Products

Kismac

References · 6

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/8497 · Vendor Advisory
• http://atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a082203-1.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0704 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13010 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13006 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13009 · Note