CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-5284

Published: Dec 02, 2014 | Modified: Dec 02, 2014
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

host-deny.sh in OSSEC before 2.8.1 writes to temporary files with predictable filenames without verifying ownership, which allows local users to modify access restrictions in hosts.deny and gain root privileges by creating the temporary files before automatic IP blocking is performed.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ossec Ossec * 2.8.0 (including)

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