Nethack 3 - Local Buffer Overflow (2)

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6806/info By passing an overly large string when invoking nethack, it is possible to corrupt memory. By exploiting this issue it may be possible for an attacker to overwrite values in sensitive areas of memory, resulting in the execution of arbitrary...

CVE-1999-1477

Buffer overflow in GNOME libraries 1.0.8 allows local user to gain root access via a long --espeaker argument in programs such as nethack...

GnomeHack 1.0.5 - Local Buffer Overflow

GnomeHack 1.0.5 - Local Buffer Overflow / linux/debiangnomehackv1.0.5 buffer overflow, by: [email protected]. this will give you an egid=60games shell if gnomehack is sgid=2755 games on debian/2.2, which has gnomehack. this can also be applied to nethack syntax: ./debgnomehack offset alignment...

linux_GNOME_exploit.txt

Greetings, Virtually any program using the GNOME libraries is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack. The attack comes in the form: /path/to/gnome/prog --enable-sound --espeaker=$80bytebuffer The following exploit should work against any GNOME program, though I tried it on the irony...

CVE-1999-1477

Buffer overflow in GNOME libraries 1.0.8 allows local user to gain root access via a long --espeaker argument in programs such as nethack...