Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit 1.6.3 (GSWTK) - Race Condition Privilege Escalation

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25251/info GSWKT Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit is prone to multiple concurrency vulnerabilities because of its implementation of system call wrappers. This problem can result in a race condition between a user thread and the kernel. Attackers can...

Linux kernel ptrace privilege elevation vulnerability

Added: 06/27/2007 CVE: CVE-2003-0127 BID: 7112 OSVDB: 4565 Background ptrace is a Linux system call which enables a parent process to observe and control another process. Problem Due to a failure by the kernel to restrict trace permissions, a local attacker could gain root privileges by attaching...

CVE-2007-2529

Integer signedness error in the acl facl system call in Solaris 10 before 20070507 allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel panic and possibly gain privileges via a certain argument, related to ACESETACL...

CVE-2007-2529

CVE-2007-2529 affects Solaris 10 (before 20070507) with an integer signedness error in the acl (facl) system call. The underlying issue is a signedness bug in ACE_SETACL handling, enabling local users to trigger a denial of service (kernel panic) and potentially escalate privileges. Publicly docu...

Mac OS X kernel "fpathconf()" syscall fails to properly handle unknown file types

Overview A vulnerability in the Mac OS X kernel could allow an authenticated local attacker to cause a denial of service. Description The fpathconf system call provides a method for applications to determine the current value of a configurable system limit or option variable associated with a fil...

RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0014)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating syste...

CVE-2006-5753

Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a "bad inode" is present, allows local users to cause a denial of service data corruption and possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors...

CVE-2006-5753

Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a "bad inode" is present, allows local users to cause a denial of service data corruption and possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors...

[RISE-2007001] Apple Mac OS X 10.4.x kernel shared_region_map_file_np() memory corruption vulnerability

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 RISE-2007001 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.x kernel sharedregionmapfilenp memory corruption vulnerability Released: January 19, 2007 Last updated: January 19, 2007 INTRODUCTION There exists a vulnerability within a function of the Apple Mac OS X 10.4.x kernel...

FreeBSD-SA-06:25.kmem

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-06:25.kmem Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: Kernel memory disclosure in firewire4 Category: core Module: sysdev Announced: 2006-12-06 Credits: Rodrigo...

Apple Mac OSX 10.4.x - 'Shared_Region_Make_Private_Np' Kernel Function Local Memory Corruption

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21349/info Apple Mac OS X is prone to a local memory-corruption vulnerability. This issue occurs when the operating system fails to handle specially crafted arguments to a system call. Attackers may exploit this issue to cause a kernel panic, effectivel...

CVE-2006-6014

CVE-2006-6014 affects the NetBSD-current kernel prior to 20061028. The flaw is a bounds-checking issue in the ptrace system call during PT_DUMPCORE, where an unspecified userspace parameter is not properly validated. This allows local users to cause an unknown impact. The vulnerability and its de...

VMSA-2006-0005 - VMware ESX Server 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 1

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------- VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2006-0005 Synopsis: VMware ESX Server 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 1 Patch URL: http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-254-200610-patch.html...

VMSA-2006-0006 - VMware ESX Server 2.5.3 Upgrade Patch 4

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------- VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2006-0006 Synopsis: VMware ESX Server 2.5.3 Upgrade Patch 4 Patch URL: http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-253-200610-patch.html...

Xcode OpenBase <= 10.0.0 (unsafe system call) Local Root Exploit (OSX)

No description provided by source. !/usr/bin/perl http://www.digitalmunition.com written by kf kflistsatdigitalmunitiondotcom = ftp://www.openbase.com/pub/OpenBase10.0 vulnerable ? This is some fairly blatant and retarded use of system cd cp chmod chown rm mkdir and killall appear as strings in t...

Apple Mac OSX 10.x - FPathConf System Call Local Denial of Service

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982/info Apple Mac OS X is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability because the kernel fails to properly handle the execution of a system call. Exploiting this issue allows local, unprivileged users to crash affected kernels, denying further...

Apple Mac OSX 10.x - FPathConf System Call Local Denial of Service

Apple Mac OSX 10.x - FPathConf System Call Local Denial of Service // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20982/info Apple Mac OS X is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability because the kernel fails to properly handle the execution of a system call. Exploiting this issue allows...

Xcode OpenBase 10.0.0 (OSX) - Unsafe System Call Privilege Escalation

Xcode OpenBase 10.0.0 OSX - Unsafe System Call Privilege Escalation !/usr/bin/perl http://www.digitalmunition.com written by kf kflistsatdigitalmunitiondotcom \n\nTargets:\n\n"; foreach $key sortkeys %tgts $a,$b = split/:/,$tgts"$key"; print "\t$key . $a - $b\n"; print "\n"; exit 1; $ret =...

Xcode OpenBase <= 10.0.0 (unsafe system call) Local Root Exploit (OSX)

Exploit for macOS platform in category local exploits ====================================================================== Xcode OpenBase \n\nTargets:\n\n"; foreach $key sortkeys %tgts $a,$b = split/:/,$tgts"$key"; print "\t$key . $a - $b\n"; print "\n"; exit 1; $ret = pack"l", $retval; $a,$b =...

Linux Kernel 2.2.x - 2.4.x ptrace/kmod Local Root Exploit

No description provided by source. / Linux kernel ptrace/kmod local root exploit This code exploits a race condition in kernel/kmod.c, which creates kernel thread in insecure manner. This bug allows to ptrace cloned process, allowing to take control over privileged modprobe binary. Should work...