WICD 1.7.1 - Local Privilege Escalation

!/usr/bin/python wicd = 1.7.1 0day exploit discovered on 4.9.12 by InfoSec Institute student For full write up and description go to http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethicalhackingtraining.html import sys import os import time import getopt try: from wicd import dbusmanager except: print "...

wicd Privilege Escalation

========================================== EXPLOIT: !/usr/bin/python wicd 0day exploit discovered on 4.9.12 by InfoSec Institute student For full write up and description go to http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethicalhackingtraining.html import sys import os import time import getopt try:...

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