Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-4413 - Information Exposure Through Log Files vulnerability in Rootkit Hunter Project Rootkit Hunter 1.4.4/1.4.6
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
** DISPUTED ** A vulnerability was found in rkhunter Rootkit Hunter 1.4.4/1.4.6. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file /var/log/rkhunter.log. The manipulation leads to sensitive information in log files. An attack has to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-237516. NOTE: Permission to access the file is limited to administrative users only by default.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Fuzzing and observing application log data/errors for application mapping An attacker sends random, malformed, or otherwise unexpected messages to a target application and observes the application's log or error messages returned. Fuzzing techniques involve sending random or malformed messages to a target and monitoring the target's response. The attacker does not initially know how a target will respond to individual messages but by attempting a large number of message variants they may find a variant that trigger's desired behavior. In this attack, the purpose of the fuzzing is to observe the application's log and error messages, although fuzzing a target can also sometimes cause the target to enter an unstable state, causing a crash. By observing logs and error messages, the attacker can learn details about the configuration of the target application and might be able to cause the target to disclose sensitive information.