Security readout for executives and security teams
This is a local privilege-escalation risk in OpenBSD's stack guard page protection. An attacker who can run certain setuid programs, such as /usr/bin/at, may bypass that protection and execute code with elevated privileges. The source data names OpenBSD 6.1 and possibly earlier versions. Exposure is likely limited to OpenBSD 6.1 systems and possibly earlier OpenBSD releases, especially hosts where untrusted local users can execute setuid binaries. The bundle does not identify other vendors or products. Treat this as high priority for legacy OpenBSD systems. The main business risk is local privilege escalation to elevated control on affected hosts, not proven internet-scale remote exploitation from the supplied evidence. Mitigation focus: Apply the OpenBSD 6.1 008_exec_subr patch or vendor-supported update.; Inventory OpenBSD 6.1 and earlier hosts.; Prioritize multi-user systems and hosts with untrusted shell access..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txtCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.1/common/008_exec_subr.patch.sigCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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