Privilege escalation in LDAP Account Manager

1) Untrusted search path

EUVDB-ID: #VU65013

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2006-7191

CWE-ID: CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to untrusted search path in lamdaemon.pl. A local user can gain elevated privileges via a modified PATH that points to a malicious rm program.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LDAP Account Manager: 0.4.7 - 0.5.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ldap_account_manager:ldap_account_manager:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ldap_account_manager:ldap_account_manager:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ldap_account_manager:ldap_account_manager:0.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://lam.cvs.sourceforge.net/lam/lam/lib/lamdaemon.pl
https://lam.cvs.sourceforge.net/lam/lam/lib/lamdaemon.pl?r1=1.32&r2=1.33
https://lam.sourceforge.net/changelog/index.htm
https://secunia.com/advisories/25157
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23857
https://www.us.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1287

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.