CVE-2007-0166 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The jail rc.d script in FreeBSD 5.3 up to 6.2 does not verify pathnames when writing to /var/log/console.log during a jail start-up, or when file systems are mounted or unmounted, which allows local root users to overwrite arbitrary files, or mount/unmount files, outside of the jail via a symlink attack.

Published: 2007-01-11

Score: 6.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-0170	The jail rc.d script in FreeBSD 5.3 up to 6.2 does not verify pathnames when writing to /var/log/console.log during a jail start-up, or when file systems are mounted or unmounted, which allows local root users to overwrite arbitrary files, or mount/unmount files, outside of the jail via a symlink attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00053.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/32726
http://secunia.com/advisories/23730
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:01.jail.asc
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017505
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22011

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: freebsd

Published: 2007-01-11T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:12:17.966Z

Reserved: 2007-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-0166

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-01-11T20:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-0166

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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