Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0120 - Unspecified vulnerability in Mhc-Utils 0.25Snap20010625

047910
CVSS 1.2 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
local
high complexity
mhc-utils
nessus

Summary

adb2mhc in the mhc-utils package before 0.25+20010625-7.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a default temporary directory with a predictable name.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Mhc-Utils
1

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-256.NASL
descriptionA problem has been discovered in adb2mhc from the mhc-utils package. The default temporary directory uses a predictable name. This adds a vulnerability that allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files the users has write permissions for.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id15093
published2004-09-29
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15093
titleDebian DSA-256-1 : mhc - insecure temporary file
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-256. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(15093);
  script_version("1.21");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0120");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"256");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-256-1 : mhc - insecure temporary file");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A problem has been discovered in adb2mhc from the mhc-utils package.
The default temporary directory uses a predictable name. This adds a
vulnerability that allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary
files the users has write permissions for."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-256"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the mhc-utils packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.25+20010625-7.1.

The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain mhc packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mhc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/02/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2003/02/28");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"mhc", reference:"0.25+20010625-7.1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"mhc-utils", reference:"0.25+20010625-7.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");