Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2019-14866 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Local |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
cpio Client/Desktop applications / Software for archiving |
Vendor | GNU |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU22598
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 2.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14866
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to GNU cpio does not properly validate files when writing tar headers during tar archive creation. A local user can trick the victim into creating a tar archive out of a directory with specially crafted files. As a result the generated archive may contain files that the attacker does not have access to.
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versionscpio: 1.0 - 2.11
External linkshttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2019-08/msg00003.html
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14866
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 trick the victim to open a a specially crafted archive.
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.