Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-7191 - Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability in LDAP Account Manager Modified Path

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
ldap-account-manager
nessus

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in lamdaemon.pl in LDAP Account Manager (LAM) before 1.0.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH that points to a malicious rm program.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Ldap_Account_Manager
1

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1287.NASL
descriptionTwo vulnerabilities have been identified in the version of ldap-account-manager shipped with Debian 3.1 (sarge). - CVE-2006-7191 An untrusted PATH vulnerability could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by providing a malicious rm executable and specifying a PATH environment variable referencing this executable. - CVE-2007-1840 Improper escaping of HTML content could allow an attacker to execute a cross-site scripting attack (XSS) and execute arbitrary code in the victim
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id25176
published2007-05-10
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25176
titleDebian DSA-1287-1 : ldap-account-manager - multiple vulnerabilities
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-1287. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(25176);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-7191", "CVE-2007-1840");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1287");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1287-1 : ldap-account-manager - multiple vulnerabilities");
  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:
"Two vulnerabilities have been identified in the version of
ldap-account-manager shipped with Debian 3.1 (sarge).

  - CVE-2006-7191
    An untrusted PATH vulnerability could allow a local
    attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated
    privileges by providing a malicious rm executable and
    specifying a PATH environment variable referencing this
    executable.

  - CVE-2007-1840
    Improper escaping of HTML content could allow an
    attacker to execute a cross-site scripting attack (XSS)
    and execute arbitrary code in the victim's browser in
    the security context of the affected website."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=415379"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-7191"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1840"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1287"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the ldap-account-manager package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.4.9-2sarge1. Newer versions of Debian (etch, lenny, and
sid), are not affected."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ldap-account-manager");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/05/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/05/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/03/01");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 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:"3.1", prefix:"ldap-account-manager", reference:"0.4.9-2sarge1")) 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");