Security Advisory

CVE-2014-5284

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2014-12-02 01:00:00

Last updated 2024-08-06 11:41:47

Assigner mitre

CVSS score not scored

State PUBLISHED

Description

host-deny.sh in OSSEC before 2.8.1 writes to temporary files with predictable filenames without verifying ownership, which allows local users to modify access restrictions in hosts.deny and gain root privileges by creating the temporary files before automatic IP blocking is performed.

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