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EUVD-2010-0852 · Published Apr 5, 2010
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Berkeley DB NSS module (aka libnss-db) 2.2.3pre1 reads the DB_CONFIG file in the current working directory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack involving a setgid or setuid application that uses this module.
Technologies
Piotr_Roszatycki Libnss-Db
Weaknesses
CWE-200
CVSS scores
- v2.01.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
MITRE ATT&CK
InferredWhere this vulnerability fits in an attack
Privilege Escalation
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038760.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39165
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:077
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39132
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-922-1
Potentially impacted assets
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