Numara Asset Manager Asset Manager directory privilege escalation
| numara-assetmanager-privilege-escalation (35564) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Numara Asset Manager could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by insecure permissions on the Asset Manager directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify or create files and gain elevated privileges.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.9 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 4 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- Numara Asset Manager Web site: Numara™ Asset Manager: Overview of integrated enterprise Asset Manager software.
- Secunia Research Advisory 2007-60: Numara Asset Manager Insecure File Permissions.
- BID-25000: Discovery and Asset Manager Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-2950: Centennial Discovery 2006 Feature Pack 1, which is used by (1) Numara Asset Manager 8.0 and (2) Symantec Discovery 6.5, uses insecure permissions on certain directories, which allows local users to gain privileges.
- SA25354: Centennial Discovery Insecure File Permissions
- SA25374: Symantec Discovery Insecure File Permissions
- SA25379: Numara Asset Manager Insecure File Permissions
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2599: Centennial Discovery Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Issue
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2600: Symantec Discovery Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Issue
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2603: Numara Asset Manager Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Issue
Platforms Affected:
- Numara Software Numara Asset Manager 8.0
Reported:
Jul 23, 2007
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