Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0188

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
lv
redhat
nessus

Summary

lv reads a .lv file from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as other lv users by placing malicious .lv files into other directories.

Nessus

  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-304.NASL
    descriptionLeonard Stiles discovered that lv, a multilingual file viewer, would read options from a configuration file in the current directory. Because such a file could be placed there by a malicious user, and lv configuration options can be used to execute commands, this represented a security vulnerability. An attacker could gain the privileges of the user invoking lv, including root.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id15141
    published2004-09-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15141
    titleDebian DSA-304-1 : lv - privilege escalation
    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-304. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(15141);
      script_version("1.21");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:17");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0188");
      script_bugtraq_id(7613);
      script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"304");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DSA-304-1 : lv - privilege escalation");
      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:
    "Leonard Stiles discovered that lv, a multilingual file viewer, would
    read options from a configuration file in the current directory.
    Because such a file could be placed there by a malicious user, and lv
    configuration options can be used to execute commands, this
    represented a security vulnerability. An attacker could gain the
    privileges of the user invoking lv, including root."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-304"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
    version 4.49.4-7woody2.
    
    For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed
    in version 4.49.3-4potato2.
    
    We recommend that you update your lv package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lv");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/05/15");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/29");
      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:"2.2", prefix:"lv", reference:"4.49.3-4potato2")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"lv", reference:"4.49.4-7woody2")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2003-167.NASL
    descriptionUpdated lv packages that fix the possibility of local privilege escalation are now available. Lv is a powerful file viewer similar to less. It can decode and encode multilingual streams through many coding systems, such as ISO-8859, ISO-2022, EUC, SJIS Big5, HZ, and Unicode. A bug has been found in versions of lv that read a .lv file in the current working directory. Any user who subsequently runs lv in that directory and uses the v (edit) command can be forced to execute an arbitrary program. Users are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a version of lv that is patched to read the .lv configuration file only in the user
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id12395
    published2004-07-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/12395
    titleRHEL 2.1 : lv (RHSA-2003:167)

Oval

accepted2007-04-25T19:52:30.316-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameJay Beale
    organizationBastille Linux
  • nameJay Beale
    organizationBastille Linux
  • nameThomas R. Jones
    organizationMaitreya Security
descriptionlv reads a .lv file from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as other lv users by placing malicious .lv files into other directories.
familyunix
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:430
statusaccepted
submitted2003-08-19T12:00:00.000-04:00
titleMultilingual File Viewer .lv File Sneak Attack Vulnerability
version36

Redhat

advisories
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2003:167
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2003:169