PT-2008-2728 · Unknown · Net Activity Viewer

Published 2008-03-04 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2008-1132

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Net Activity Viewer version 0.2.1

Description The issue allows local users with Net Activity Viewer privileges to execute arbitrary code via a malicious gksu program, which is invoked during the Restart As Root action. This is due to an untrusted search path vulnerability in the src/mainwindow.c file.

Recommendations For Net Activity Viewer version 0.2.1, consider restricting the use of the Restart As Root action until a patch is available, and ensure that all gksu programs invoked are from trusted sources.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1132

Affected Products

Net Activity Viewer

References · 3

• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=579181 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29097 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1132 · Security Note