PT-2018-4427 · Safenet · Safenet Authentication Service End User Software Tools

Kyriakos Economou · Published 2018-03-02 · Updated 2018-03-17 · CVE-2015-7596

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SafeNet Authentication Service End User Software Tools for Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns a weak Access Control List (ACL) used by the software for certain installation directories and executable modules. This weakness allows local users to elevate their privileges by modifying an executable module.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-7596

Affected Products

Safenet Authentication Service End User Software Tools

References · 4

• https://safenet.gemalto.com/technical-support/security-updates · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7596 · Security Note
• https://labs.nettitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160125-1-Gemalto-IDSS-Security-Bulletin-SAS-Agents-Privilege-Escalation.pdf · Patch
• https://labs.nettitude.com/blog/cve-2015-7596-through-cve-2015-7598-cve-2015-7961-through-cve-2015-7967-safenet-authentication-service-agent-vulnerabilities · Note