Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-1057 - Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Nortel SSL VPN Net Direct Client
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
The Net Direct client for Linux before 6.0.5 in Nortel Application Switch 2424, VPN 3050 and 3070, and SSL VPN Module 1000 extracts and executes files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to exploit a race condition to replace a world-writable file in /tmp/NetClient and cause another user to execute arbitrary code when attempting to execute this client, as demonstrated by replacing /tmp/NetClient/client.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | 3 | |
| Application | 1 |
Exploit-Db
| description | Nortel SSL VPN Linux Client <= 6.0.3 Local Privilege Escalation Exploit. CVE-2007-1057. Local exploit for linux platform |
| file | exploits/linux/local/3356.sh |
| id | EDB-ID:3356 |
| last seen | 2016-01-31 |
| modified | 2007-02-21 |
| platform | linux |
| port | |
| published | 2007-02-21 |
| reporter | Jon Hart |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/3356/ |
| title | Nortel SSL VPN Linux Client <= 6.0.3 - Local Privilege Escalation Exploit |
| type | local |
References
- http://osvdb.org/33304
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24231
- http://spoofed.org/blog/archive/2007/02/nortel_vpn_unix_client_local_root_compromise.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22632
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017678
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0671
- http://www116.nortelnetworks.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2007/08/021886-01.pdf
- http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=540071
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32597
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3356