CVE-2008-0884 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by exploiting incorrect file permission checks in the LSPP configuration script on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-0884?
CVE-2008-0884 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 4 Apr 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0884?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0884?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0884 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-0884 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0884 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-ph72-92xv-q7vm.