Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2007-3912 First vendor Publication 2007-09-10
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-07-29

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

checkrestart in debian-goodies before 0.34 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3912

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
50 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17423
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17423
Title: USN-526-1 -- debian-goodies vulnerability
Description: Thomas de Grenier de Latour discovered that the checkrestart program included in debian-goodies did not correctly handle shell meta-characters.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-526-1
CVE-2007-3912
Version: 9
Platform(s): Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Product(s): debian-goodies
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18559
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18559
Title: DSA-1527-1 debian-goodies - privilege escalation
Description: Thomas de Grenier de Latour discovered that the checkrestart tool in the debian-goodies suite of utilities, allowed local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1527-1
CVE-2007-3912
Version: 9
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): debian-goodies
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8247
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8247
Title: DSA-1527 debian-goodies -- insufficient input sanitising
Description: Thomas de Grenier de Latour discovered that the checkrestart tool in the debian-goodies suite of utilities, allowed local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1527
CVE-2007-3912
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
Product(s): debian-goodies
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for debian-goodies vulnerability USN-526-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_526_1.nasl
2008-03-27 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1527-1 (debian-goodies)
File : nvt/deb_1527_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
40483 Debian Linux debian-goodies checkrestart Local Arbitrary Command Execution

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-03-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1527.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-526-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25569
CONFIRM http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440411
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1527
OSVDB http://osvdb.org/40483
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/26675
http://secunia.com/advisories/27079
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-526-1
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36475

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