7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
0.4%
xlockmore and xlockf do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges via the -d option.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
david_bagley:xlock | david bagley xlock | eq | 4.16 |
david_bagley:xlock | david bagley xlock | eq | 4.16.1 |
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0212.html
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0294.html
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0340.html
www.debian.org/security/2000/20000816
www.securityfocus.com/bid/1585
www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000815231724.A14694%40subterrain.net