CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-5284
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-12-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
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 configurations
• ossec ossec (<= 2.8.0)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129111/OSSEC-2.8-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35234 Exploit
- https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/releases/tag/2.8.1 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129111/OSSEC-2.8-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35234 Exploit
- https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/releases/tag/2.8.1 Patch, Vendor Advisory