PT-2014-05 · Nixu · Nixu Namesurfer

Published 2014-01-16 · Updated 2014-01-16

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nixu NameSurfer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to errors in the code of the program, allowing an attacker to exploit it and gain unauthorized privilege escalation in the system. This is achieved by writing the path to their own file into the $PATH variable, which will be executed by the application with the suid-bit.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-73

Related Identifiers

BDU:2014-00400

Affected Products

Nixu Namesurfer

References · 3

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2014-00400 · Security Note
• http://securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2014-05 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/105125 · Note