Sun VirtualBox 'VBoxNetAdpCtl' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.901052");
  script_version("2022-05-09T13:48:18+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-05-09 13:48:18 +0000 (Mon, 09 May 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-11-20 06:52:52 +0100 (Fri, 20 Nov 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3692");
  script_name("Sun VirtualBox 'VBoxNetAdpCtl' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/36929");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36604");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2845");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-268188-1");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Privilege escalation");
  script_dependencies("secpod_sun_virtualbox_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Sun/VirtualBox/Lin/Ver");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let attacker to execute arbitrary commands
  with root privileges via specially crafted arguments.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Sun VirtualBox version 3.x before 3.0.8");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to the 'VBoxNetAdpCtl' configuration tool improperly
  sanitising arguments before passing them in calls to 'popen()'.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Sun VirtualBox version 3.0.8.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Sun VirtualBox is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

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

if(!ver = get_app_version(cpe:"cpe:/a:sun:virtualbox"))
  exit(0);

if(ver =~ "^3\." && version_is_less(version:ver, test_version:"3.0.8")){
  security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}