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MagniComp SysInfo Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Linux)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Privilege escalation

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.2

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

5 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with MagniComp SysInfo and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw exists because the application relies on information passed to it from the shell to see where it is installed and where to find the configuration file. Additionally, the application relies on arbitrary arguments to decide which applications to execute.

Affected Software

Affected Software

All versions of SysInfo prior to version 10-H64

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update SysInfo to version 10-H64 or later. Please see the references for more information.

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