CVE-2000-1073 - csstart program in iCal 2.1 Patch 2 searches for the cshttpd program in the current working director

CVE-2000-1073

Summary

csstart program in iCal 2.1 Patch 2 searches for the cshttpd program in the current working directory, which allows local users to gain root privileges by creating a Trojan Horse cshttpd program in a directory and calling csstart from that directory.

References

http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a100900-1.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/7210
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1769
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5757

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:netscape:iplanet_ical:2.1:patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:iplanet_ical:2.1:patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	7.2 (as of 10-10-2017 - 01:29)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
COMPLETE	COMPLETE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

refmap via4

atstake	A100900-1
bid	1769
osvdb	7210
xf	ical-csstart-gain-access(5757)

Last major update

10-10-2017 - 01:29

Published

11-12-2000 - 05:00

Last modified

10-10-2017 - 01:29