Vulnerability Name:

CVE-1999-0703 (CCN-3344)

Assigned:1999-07-30
Published:1999-07-30
Updated:2008-09-09
Summary:OpenBSD, BSDI, and other Unix operating systems allow users to set chflags and fchflags on character and block devices.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
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): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:3.6 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: CCN
Type: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-99:01
BSD File Flags and Programming Techniques

Source: CCN
Type: OpenBSD FTP site
007_chflags.patch

Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Wed, 4 Aug 1999 11:46:43 -0500
user flags in public temp space (was Re: chflags() [heads up])

Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Thu, 5 Aug 1999 19:16:04 -0400
4.4 BSD issue -- chflags

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-1999-0703

Source: CIAC
Type: UNKNOWN
J-066

Source: CCN
Type: FreeBSD Web site
The FreeBSD Project

Source: CCN
Type: OpenBSD Security Advisory, July 30, 1999
Do not permit regular users to chflags(2) or fchflags(2) on character or block devices

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 7406
BSD User chflags or fchflags on Character or Block Devices

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
openbsd-chflags-fchflags-permitted(3344)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    bsdi bsd os 3.2
    freebsd freebsd 3.2
    openbsd openbsd 2.5
    openbsd openbsd 2.5
    freebsd freebsd 3.2