Privilege escalation in Slurm

1) Untrusted search path

EUVDB-ID: #VU50145

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3380

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 the  init.d/slurm and  init.d/slurmdbd scripts place the . (dot) directory in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH. A local user can place a malicious binary into the current working directory and escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Slurm: 1.0.0.1 - 2.1.13.1

External links

http://sourceforge.net/projects/slurm/files//slurm/version_2.1/2.1.14/RELEASE_NOTES_2.1.14/view

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.