Vulnerability Name:

CCN-112327

Published:2016-04-18
Updated:2016-04-18
Summary:NetBSD could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the failure to properly drop super user privileges when calling external applications by the calendar(1) utility. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files and gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.4 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.3 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: CCN
Type: NetBSD Security Advisory 2016-003
Privilege escalation in calendar(1)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
netbsd-calendar-priv-esc(112327)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:netbsd:netbsd:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netbsd:netbsd:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netbsd:netbsd:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netbsd:netbsd:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netbsd:netbsd:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    netbsd netbsd 5.1
    netbsd netbsd 5.2
    netbsd netbsd 6.0
    netbsd netbsd 6.1
    netbsd netbsd 7.0