Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2005-1751 (CCN-20778)

Assigned:2005-05-24
Published:2005-05-24
Updated:2018-05-03
Summary:Race condition in shtool 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to create or modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .shtool.$$ temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1759.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:3.7 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
3.7 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
CWE-377
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93782

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2005-1751

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2005-1759

Source: OPENPKG
Type: UNKNOWN
OpenPKG-SA-2005.011

Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, 2005-05-25 17:44:40
shtool insecure temporary file creation

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2005-564
php security update

Source: CCN
Type: SA15496
GNU shtool Insecure Temporary File Creation

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
15496

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
15668

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1014059
shtool Temporary File May Let Local users gain Elevated Privileges

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1014059

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-789

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-789
php4 -- several vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: GLSA-200506-08
GNU shtool, ocaml-mysql: Insecure temporary file creation

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-200506-08

Source: CCN
Type: shtool Web site
GNU shtool - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)

Source: CCN
Type: OpenPKG-SA-2005.011
GNU shtool

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 17289
shtool Reused Temp Files Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite

Source: CCN
Type: PHP Web site
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2005:564

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
13767

Source: CCN
Type: BID-13767
GNU SHTool Insecure Temporary File Deletion Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: USN-171-1
PHP4 vulnerabilities

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/shtool-05252005.txt

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
shtool-race-condition(20778)

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:345

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9639

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:shtool:shtool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 2.0.1)

  • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9639
    V
    Race condition in shtool 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to create or modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .shtool.$$ temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1759.
    2013-04-29
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:345
    V
    shtool Race Condition
    2005-09-21
    oval:org.debian:def:789
    V
    several vulnerabilities
    2005-08-29
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20050564
    P
    RHSA-2005:564: php security update (Important)
    2005-07-07
    BACK
    shtool shtool *