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Progress BINPATHX Variable Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA8604
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Release Date:
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2003-04-16
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Popularity:
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4,647 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Progress 9.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Progress, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges.
The vulnerability is caused by a boundary error in the handling of the BINPATHX variable used to specify the location of shared libraries. When a binary uses the BINPATHX variable, the length of the content is not checked, which can result in a buffer overflow. A malicious, local user can exploit this to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges by manipulating the variable.
Solution:
The vulnerability has been fixed in patch 9.1D05:
http://www.progress.com/patches/
Provided and/or discovered by:
KF
Original Advisory:
http://www.secnetops.com/research/advisories/SRT2003-04-15-1029.txt
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