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suidperl Privilege Escalation (PROCSUID)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100571

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The suidperl application is installed on the remote host. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a local attacker to gain root privileges.

PROCSUID is one of multiple Equation Group vulnerabilities and exploits disclosed on 2017/04/08 by a group known as the Shadow Brokers.

Solution

Remove the affected software.

See Also

https://github.com/x0rz/EQGRP

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100571

File Name: procsuid.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 6/1/2017

Updated: 11/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Manual analysis of the vulnerability

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:perl:suid

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2017