vendor:
CDRDAO
by:
Andreas Mueller
7.2
CVSS
HIGH
Configuration File Overwrite Vulnerability
264
CWE
Product Name: CDRDAO
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References:
N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Unix and Linux
2002
CDRDAO Configuration File Overwrite Vulnerability
CDRDAO is a freely available, open source CD recording software package available for the Unix and Linux Operating Systems. When CDRDAO saves its configuration to the .cdrdao file in a user's home directory, the file is saved with root ownership. Additionally, CDRDAO does not check for the previous existence of this file. Since the cdrdao executable is typically installed setuid root, it is possible for a user to create this file as a symbolic link, which could result in the overwriting of root-owned files, or potentially allow the user execute commands as root.
Mitigation:
Ensure that the cdrdao executable is not installed with setuid root privileges.