PT-2008-6913 · Gnu+1 · Shadow+1

Paul Szabo · Published 1970-01-01 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5394

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 shadow version 4.0.18.1 Debian GNU/Linux (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to potentially overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. This could lead to disruption of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. The exploitation can be carried out by a local attacker.

Recommendations For shadow version 4.0.18.1, consider restricting access to the utmp group to minimize the risk of exploitation. For Debian GNU/Linux, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-02663

BDU:2015-02664

CVE-2008-5394

DSA-1709-1

Affected Products

Debian

Shadow

References · 20

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/7313 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5394 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5394 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5394 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5394 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5394 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-02664 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-02663 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:062 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-24.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/505071 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/52200 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/332198 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded · Note