South River Technologies WebDrive WebDrive Service privilege escalation
| webdrive-webdrive-privilege-escalation (53885) |  High Risk |
Description:
WebDrive could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the installation of the WebDrive Service without security descriptors. By modifying the binPath configuration for the WebDrive Service, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system with elevated privileges.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7.2 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 6.8 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- Offensive Security Exploit Database [01-26-2010]: South River Technologies WebDrive Service Bad Security Descriptor Local Privilege Escalation .
- Retrogod Web Site: South River Technologies WebDrive Service Bad Security Descriptor Local Elevation Of Privileges.
- WebDrive Web site: WebDrive is more than just an FTP Client..
- BID-37955: South River Technologies WebDrive Security Descriptor Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2009-4606: South River Technologies WebDrive 9.02 build 2232 installs the WebDrive Service without a security descriptor, which allows local users to (1) stop the service via the stop command, (2) execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM by using the config command to modify the binPath variable, or (3) restart the service via the start command.
- SA37083: WebDrive Missing Security Descriptor Privilege Escalation Security Issue
- VUPEN/ADV-2009-2994: South River WebDrive Service Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- South River Technologies WebDrive 9.02 build 2232
Reported:
Oct 21, 2009
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