Oracle Java SE Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Feb 2014 (Linux)

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_java_privilege_escalation_vuln_feb14_lin.nasl 12359 2018-11-15 08:13:22Z cfischer $
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# Oracle Java SE Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Feb 2014 (Linux)
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# Authors:
# Shakeel <[email protected]>
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# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
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CPE = "cpe:/a:oracle:jre";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108424");
  script_version("$Revision: 12359 $");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-1876");
  script_bugtraq_id(65568);
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-11-15 09:13:22 +0100 (Thu, 15 Nov 2018) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-02-13 12:54:10 +0530 (Thu, 13 Feb 2014)");
  script_name("Oracle Java SE Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Feb 2014 (Linux)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_java_prdts_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Sun/Java/JRE/Linux/Ver");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/242");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.oracle.com/index.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is installed with Oracle Java
  SE and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to some error in the
  'unpacker::redirect_stdio' function within 'unpack.cpp'.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow a local
  attacker to use a symlink attack against the '/tmp/unpack.log' file to overwrite
  arbitrary files.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Oracle Java SE 7 update 51 and prior on
  Linux");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to version 8 update 5 or 7 update 55,
  or later.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE)) exit(0);
jreVer = infos['version'];
jrePath = infos['location'];

if(jreVer =~ "^1\.7" && version_in_range(version:jreVer, test_version:"1.7", test_version2:"1.7.0.51")){
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:jreVer, fixed_version: "8 update 5 or 7 update 55", install_path:jrePath);
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);