SB2016101009 - Privilege Escalation in FreeBSD
Published: October 10, 2016 Updated: October 11, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101009
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege Escalation (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a local user to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper processing of symbolic links (symlinks) or hard links. By
overwriting files outside of the libarchive extraction directory or modifying the directory permissions a mailicious user can obtain root privileges on the system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow the local attacker to obtain elevated privileges on vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.