Permissions, privileges, and access controls in ecies go

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU95541

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49292

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A remote attacker can call functions Encapsulate(), Decapsulate() and ECDH() to recover any private key that interacts with it.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

go: 1.0.0 - 2.0.7

External links

http://github.com/ecies/go/security/advisories/GHSA-8j98-cjfr-qx3h
http://github.com/ecies/go/commit/c6e775163866d6ea5233eb8ec8530a9122101ebd
http://github.com/ashutosh1206/Crypton/blob/master/Diffie-Hellman-Key-Exchange/Attack-Invalid-Curve-Point/README.md
http://github.com/ecies/go/releases/tag/v2.0.8

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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