CVE-2008-5397 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain elevated privileges by exploiting improper handling of user and group configuration options in the Tor process.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-5397?
CVE-2008-5397 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tor Tor, published on 9 Dec 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Tor before 0.2.0.32 does not properly process the (1) User and (2) Group configuration options, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging unintended supplementary group memberships of the Tor process.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5397?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tor Tor.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5397?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2008-5397 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5397 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Tor Tor
- CVE-2010-1676 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2009-0939 Tor before 0.2.0.34 treats incomplete IPv4 addresses as valid, which has unknown impact and attack vectors related to "Spec conformance," as
- CVE-2009-0414 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2008-5398 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2011-2778 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5397, GHSA-f53f-xhf2-gxr5.