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IRIX 5.x6.x - MediaMail HOME Environment Variable Buffer Overflow
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7672/info
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for the MediaMail binary that may result in a user obtaining elevated privileges.
Although unconfirmed, an attacker, using a custom crafted string, could overwrite stack memory, including the return address of a function, and potentially execute arbitrary code with group 'mail' privileges.
sh$ export $HOME=`perl -e 'print "A"x12096'
sh$ /usr/bin/X11/MediaMailData
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23 May 2003 00:00Current
0.5Low risk
Vulners AI Score0.5