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UNIRAS Brief - 137/04 - iDEFENSE Security Advisory
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UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) Briefing Notice - 137/04 dated 24.03.04 Time: 11:00
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Title
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Borland Interbase admin.ib Administrative Access Vulnerability
Detail
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Exploitation of default file permissions in Borland Interbase can allow local
attackers to gain database administrative privileges.
ESB-2004.0230 -- iDEFENSE Security Advisory 03.19.04
Borland Interbase admin.ib Administrative Access Vulnerability
24 March 2004
Product: Borland Interbase
Publisher: iDEFENSE
Operating System: Linux
Solaris
UNIX
Windows
Impact: Administrator Compromise
Access Required: Existing Account
Comment: Note that this vulnerability allows escalation by existing users
to database administrative privileges.
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Borland Interbase admin.ib Administrative Access Vulnerability
iDEFENSE Security Advisory 03.19.04 www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=80&type=vulnerabilities
March 19, 2004
I. BACKGROUND
Borland Interbase is a small, high performance commercial database for Linux, Solaris, and Windows operating systems. More information about Borland Interbase is available at http://www.borland.com/interbase/.
II. DESCRIPTION
Exploitation of default file permissions in Borland Interbase can allow local attackers to gain database administrative privileges.
The vulnerability specifically exists due to insecure permissions on the admin.ib user database file. Local attackers can add or modify existing accounts to gain administrative privileges.
The default file permissions are shown below:
[root@labs interbase]# ls -l /opt/interbase/admin.ib
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 616497 Dec 30 11:17 /opt/interbase/admin.ib
III. ANALYSIS
Successful exploitation yields administrative privileges over the database to local attackers. This can lead to further compromise as any information stored within the database is now available to the attacker. This may include: authentication information, financial information and personal information.
Exploit code for this issue is unnecessary.
IV. DETECTION
iDEFENSE has confirmed the existence of this vulnerability in Borland Interbase 7.1 for Linux. It is suspected that previous versions of Borland Interbase for Linux are also vulnerable.
V. WORKAROUNDS
Remove global write permissions from the admin.ib user database file.
[root@labs interbase]# chmod 664 /opt/interbase/admin.ib
[root@labs interbase]# ls -l /opt/interbase/admin.ib
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 616497 Dec 30 11:17 /opt/interbase/admin.ib
VI. CVE INFORMATION
A Mitre Corp. Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) number has not been assigned yet.
VII. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
January 13, 2004 Vulnerability acquired by iDEFENSE
February 9, 2004 Initial vendor notification sent - no response
February 12, 2004 iDEFENSE clients notified
March 1, 2004 Secondary vendor notification sent - no response
March 19, 2004 Public disclosure
VIII. CREDIT
Larry Cashdollar (http://vapid.dhs.org) is credited with this discovery.
Get paid for vulnerability research http://www.idefense.com/poi/teams/vcp.jsp
IX. LEGAL NOTICES
Copyright (c) 2004 iDEFENSE, Inc.
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