Privilege escalation in LDAP Account Manager
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2006-7191 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-426 |
| Exploitation vector | Local |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
LDAP Account Manager Server applications / Remote management servers, RDP, SSH |
| Vendor | LDAP Account Manager |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Untrusted search path
EUVDB-ID: #VU65013
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-7191
CWE-ID:
CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsLDAP Account Manager: 0.4.7 - 0.5.3
External linkshttp://lam.cvs.sourceforge.net/lam/lam/lib/lamdaemon.pl
http://lam.cvs.sourceforge.net/lam/lam/lib/lamdaemon.pl?r1=1.32&r2=1.33
http://lam.sourceforge.net/changelog/index.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/25157
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23857
http://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.
