CVE-2007-1400 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Plash permits sandboxed processes to open /dev/tty, which allows local users to escape sandbox restrictions and execute arbitrary commands by sending characters to a shell process on the same termimal via the TIOCSTI ioctl.

Published: 2007-03-10

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:plesh:plesh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2007-1396	Plash permits sandboxed processes to open /dev/tty, which allows local users to escape sandbox restrictions and execute arbitrary commands by sending characters to a shell process on the same termimal via the TIOCSTI ioctl.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/plash/2007-03/msg00000.html
http://plash.beasts.org/wiki/PlashIssues/TtyVulnerability
http://secunia.com/advisories/24498
http://www.osvdb.org/32598
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22892
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0909

History

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Plesh Plesh

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-03-10T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:50:35.391Z

Reserved: 2007-03-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-1400

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-03-10T22:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:37:30.790

Link: CVE-2007-1400

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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