SB2017061209 - Privilege escalation in Ubuntu
Published: June 13, 2017 Updated: June 27, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017061209
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9525)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists in Cron due to a flaw in the postinst maintainer script. A local attacker with crontab group privileges can conduct a symlink attack, bypass crontab privilege separation controls and gain root privileges on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.