NVIDIA drivers: Denial of service

Background The NVIDIA drivers provide support for NVIDIA graphic boards. Description Gregory Shikhman discovered that the default Gentoo setup of NVIDIA drivers creates the /dev/nvidia with insecure file permissions. Impact A local attacker could send arbitrary values into the devices, possibly...

Symantec Discovery Insecure File Permissions

SUMMARY Insecure default directory and file permissions may allow local users to gain escalated privileges. Severity Low Remote Access | Local network access required ---|--- Local Access | Yes Authentication Required | Yes Exploit publicly available | No AFFECTED PRODUCTS Affected Products Produ...

CVE-2007-2149

Chatness 2.5.3 and earlier is affected. The issue arises from storing usernames and unencrypted passwords in (1) classes/vars.php and (2) classes/varstuff.php, with the recommendation of file permissions 0666 or 0777. This enables local users to read credential data and may allow remote attackers...

iDefense Security Advisory 11.08.06: Cisco Secure Desktop Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Cisco Secure Desktop Privilege Escalation Vulnerability iDefense Security Advisory 11.08.06 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/ Nov 08, 2006 I. BACKGROUND Cisco Secure Desktop allows secure VPN connections from remote PCs and offers functionality to ensure PCs meet administrato...

CVE-2006-4493

xbiff2 1.9 creates $HOME/.xbiff2rc in a user's home directory with insecure file permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as login credentials. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information...

CVE-2006-4493

The affected component is xbiff2 1.9. It creates $HOME/.xbiff2rc in the user’s home directory with insecure permissions, enabling local users to access sensitive information such as login credentials. This summary relies on the CVE description and notes the provenance is unknown (third‑party info...

CVE-2006-4493: Undefined Security Weakness

xbiff2 1.9 creates $HOME/.xbiff2rc in a user's home directory with insecure file permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as login credentials. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information...

[SA21686] xbiff2 Insecure File Permissions

TITLE: xbiff2 Insecure File Permissions SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA21686 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/21686/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Exposure of sensitive information WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: xbiff2 1.x http://secunia.com/product/11769/ DESCRIPTION: Thomas Wolff has...

CVE-2006-4439

pkgadd in Sun Solaris 10 before 20060825 installs files with insecure file and directory permissions 755 or 777 if the pkgmap file contains a "?" question mark in the mode field, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files or directories, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1871...

[SA21633] Sun Solaris pkgadd Insecure File Permissions

TITLE: Sun Solaris pkgadd Insecure File Permissions SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA21633 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/21633/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Manipulation of data, Privilege escalation WHERE: Local system OPERATING SYSTEM: Sun Solaris 10 http://secunia.com/product/4813/...

CVE-2006-3452

Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Mac OS X (versions 6.0.4 and earlier) are affected by insecure file and directory permissions that allow local users to gain privileges by overwriting the executable. The CVSS v2 base score is 4.6 (MEDIUM) with local access and low attack complexity. No explicit remedi...

[SA19632] Sun Java Studio Enterprise Insecure File Permissions

TITLE: Sun Java Studio Enterprise Insecure File Permissions SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA19632 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/19632/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Privilege escalation WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8.x http://secunia.com/product/9354/...

[SA19284] avast! Antivirus Insecure Default File Permissions

TITLE: avast! Antivirus Insecure Default File Permissions SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA19284 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/19284/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Security Bypass, Manipulation of data, Privilege escalation WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: avast! Antivirus 4.x...

[SA16541] Adobe Version Cue VCNative Privilege Escalation

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GLSA-200506-05 : SilverCity: Insecure file permissions

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200506-05 SilverCity: Insecure file permissions The SilverCity package installs three executable files with insecure permissions. Impact : A local attacker could modify the executable files, causing arbitrary code to be executed...

CVE-2005-1941

SilverCity before 0.9.5-r1 installs 1 cgi-styler-form.py, 2 cgi-styler.py, and 3 source2html.py with read and write world permissions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code...

[Full-disclosure] [ GLSA 200506-05 ] SilverCity: Insecure file permissions

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CVE-2004-1149

The CVE-2004-1149 issue concerns Computer Associates eTrust EZ Antivirus versions 7.0.0–7.0.4 (including 7.0.1.4). The root cause is insecure default file permissions (ACLs) applied during installation, allowing a local user to modify installed files and replace a program (notably VetMsg.exe) to ...

iDEFENSE Security Advisory 12.15.04: Computer Associates eTrust EZ Antivirus Insecure File Permission Vulnerability

Computer Associates eTrust EZ Antivirus Insecure File Permission Vulnerability iDEFENSE Security Advisory 12.15.04 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=164 December 15, 2004 I. BACKGROUND Computer Associates eTrust EZ Antivirus is antivirus protection software for home and business...

CVE-2004-0755

The FileStore capability in CGI::Session for Ruby before 1.8.1, and possibly PStore, creates files with insecure permissions, which can allow local users to steal session information and hijack sessions...