CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.9
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: the hesiod_init function in lib/hesiod.c in hesiod 3.2.1 compares euid with uid to determine whether to use configurations from environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) hesiod_config or (2) hes_domain environment variable and leveraging certain suid/sguid binary.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2017-03-01
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-21