{"document":{"acknowledgments":[{"urls":["https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/448051#acknowledgements"]}],"category":"CERT/CC Vulnerability Note","csaf_version":"2.0","notes":[{"category":"summary","text":"eEye Retina audit scripts have the capability to run remote shell scripts in order to determine vulnerable applications. One audit script in particular (audit ID 2499) uses find(1) and execute (-exec) when assessing a vulnerability within Gauntlet Firewall. An attacker who can write an executable file in the portion of the file system searched with the find command may be able to exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the same privileges provided to Retina to perform a vulnerability scan.","title":"Summary"},{"category":"legal_disclaimer","text":"THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED ON AN 'AS IS' BASIS AND DOES NOT IMPLY ANY KIND OF GUARANTEE OR WARRANTY, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE. YOUR USE OF THE INFORMATION ON THE DOCUMENT OR MATERIALS LINKED FROM THE DOCUMENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. ","title":"Legal Disclaimer"},{"category":"other","text":"CERT/CC Vulnerability Note is a limited advisory. It primarily identifies vendors impacted by the advisory and not specific products. We only support \"known_affected\" and \"known_not_affected\" status. Please consult the vendor's statements and advisory URL if provided by the vendor for more details ","title":"Limitations of Advisory"}],"publisher":{"category":"coordinator","contact_details":"Email: cert@cert.org, Phone: +1412 268 5800","issuing_authority":"CERT/CC under DHS/CISA https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity also see https://kb.cert.org/ ","name":"CERT/CC","namespace":"https://kb.cert.org/"},"references":[{"url":"https://certcc.github.io/certcc_disclosure_policy","summary":"CERT/CC vulnerability disclosure policy"},{"summary":"CERT/CC document released","category":"self","url":"https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/448051"}],"title":"eEye Retina audit script could execute untrusted programs as root","tracking":{"current_release_date":"2011-11-09T20:39:35+00:00","generator":{"engine":{"name":"VINCE","version":"3.0.35"}},"id":"VU#448051","initial_release_date":"2011-11-08 00:00:00+00:00","revision_history":[{"date":"2011-11-09T20:39:35+00:00","number":"1.20111109203935.26","summary":"Released on 2011-11-09T20:39:35+00:00"}],"status":"final","version":"1.20111109203935.26"}},"vulnerabilities":[{"notes":[{"category":"general","text":"No vulnerabilities have been defined at this time for this report"}]}]}