CVE-2001-1074

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Webmin 0.84 and earlier does not properly clear the HTTP_AUTHORIZATION environment variable when the web server is restarted, which makes authentication information available to all CGI programs and allows local users to gain privileges.

Webmin 0.84 and earlier does not properly clear the HTTP_AUTHORIZATION environment variable when the web server is restarted, which makes authentication information available to all CGI programs and allows local users to gain privileges.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Webmin

First reported 23 years ago

2001-05-28 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

Webmin 0.5

0.5

Webmin 0.80

0.80

Webmin 0.83

0.83

Webmin 0.84

0.84

References

20010526 Webmin Doesn't Clean Env (root exploit)

Vendor Advisory

CSSA-2001-019.1

Patch, Vendor Advisory

MDKSA-2001:059

Patch

2795

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

webmin-gain-information(6627)

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