Servers Alive gain privileges
| serversalive-gain-privileges (19715) |  High Risk |
Description:
Servers Alive could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system. This vulnerability is caused by the execution of serversalive.exe, which allows the help function to be run with SYSTEM privileges. Assuming that Servers Alive is configured to be run as a service rather than its default setting to run as an application, a local attacker could use this to execute arbitrary commands on the system with SYSTEM level privileges.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Mar 16 2005 - 10:54:35 CST : Servers Alive: Local Privilege Escalation.
- Woodstone Consulting and Development: Network Monitoring, free network monitor, SNMP monitoring, Woodstone Servers Alive.
- BID-12822: Woodstone Servers Alive Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-0352: Servers Alive 4.1 and 5.0, when running as a service, does not drop SYSTEM privileges before loading local manual under the help menu, which allows local users to gain privileges.
- SA14616: Servers Alive Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Woodstone Servers Alive 4.1
- Woodstone Servers Alive 5.0
Reported:
Mar 17, 2005
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