Vulnerability CVE-2006-0055 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2006-0055 (CCN-24074)

Assigned:

2005-12-30

Published:

2006-01-11

Updated:

2017-07-20

Summary:

The ispell_op function in ee on FreeBSD 4.10 to 6.0 uses predictable filenames and does not confirm which file is being written, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack when ee invokes ispell.

CVSS v3 Severity:

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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): None Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
1.8 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

2.6 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
2.3 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): High Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

Vulnerability Consequences:

File Manipulation

References:

Source: CCN
Type: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-06:02.ee
ee temporary file privilege escalation

Source: FREEBSD
Type: UNKNOWN
FreeBSD-SA-06:02

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2006-0055

Source: CCN
Type: SA18404
FreeBSD ee Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
18404

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1015469
FreeBSD ee Unsafe Temporary Files May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1015469

Source: OSVDB
Type: UNKNOWN
22320

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 22320
FreeBSD ee ispell_op Function Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite

Source: BID
Type: Patch
16207

Source: CCN
Type: BID-16207
FreeBSD EE Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ee-ispell-op-symlink(24074)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ee-ispell-op-symlink(24074)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:release:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:release_p8:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:release_p3:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:release_p14:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:release:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:pre-release:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:release:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:release:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable