GNU C Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

The GNU C Library is an open-source, free, easy-to-download C compiler released under the LGPL license. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in GNU C Library. The vulnerability arises because elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library fails to properly handle RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGI...

Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 4.0.23 - Local root Privilege Escalation Exploit

Exploit for macOS platform in category local exploits A couple of weeks ago I disclosed a local root privesc in Hashicorp's vagrant-vmware-fusion plugin: https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmw... The initial patch they released was 4.0.21 which unfortunately...

USN-3480-2 apport regressions

USN-3480-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The fix for CVE-2017-14177 introduced a regression in the ability to handle crashes for users that configured their systems to use the Upstart init system in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.04. The fix for CVE-2017-14180 temporarily disabled crash...

CVE-2017-16777

If HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin aka vagrant-vmware-fusion 5.0.3 is installed but VMware Fusion is not, a local attacker can create a fake application directory and exploit the suid sudo helper in order to escalate to root...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Apport vulnerabilities (USN-3480-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3480-1 advisory. Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for setuid binaries. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a deni...

USN-3480-1 apport vulnerabilities

Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for setuid binaries. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. CVE-2017-14177 Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for...

USN-3480-1: Apport vulnerabilities

Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for setuid binaries. A local attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. CVE-2017-14177 Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for...

CVE-2017-14177

Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries allowing local users to create certain files as root which an attacker could leverage to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of ...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14177

Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries allowing local users to create certain files as root which an attacker could leverage to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of ...

PT-2017-3611

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apport versions prior to 2.20.8 Description: The issue is related to Apport's handling of core dumps from setuid binaries, allowing local users to create certain files as root. This could be leveraged by an attacker to perform a denial of...

kernel: load_elf_ binary() does not take account of the need to allocate sufficient space for the entire binary

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel loaded ELF executables. Provided that an application was built as Position Independent Executable PIE, the loader could allow part of that application's data segment to map over the memory area reserved for its stack, potentially resulting in memory...

CVE-2017-9779

OCaml compiler allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, a similar issue to CVE-2017-9772 "but with much less impact."...

CVE-2017-14140

The movepages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 doesn't check the effective uid of the target process, enabling a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable despite ASLR...

CVE-2017-14140

The movepages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 doesn't check the effective uid of the target process, enabling a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable despite ASLR...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14140

The movepages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 doesn't check the effective uid of the target process, enabling a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable despite ASLR...

PT-2017-13274

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.12.9 Description The issue allows a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable despite Address Space Layout Randomization ASLR. This is due to the move pages system call not checking the...

Design/Logic Flaw

Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root...

CVE-2015-1324: Undefined Security Weakness

Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root...

CVE-2017-13130

mcmnm in BMC Patrol allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted libmcmclnx.so file in the current working directory, because it is setuid root and the RPATH variable begins with the .: substring...

PT-2017-12920

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BMC Patrol affected versions not specified Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges through a crafted libmcmclnx.so file in the current working directory. This is possible because the affected software is setuid root and the...