CVE-2016-5195

Description: dcow is a possible exploit of the vulnerability CVE-2016-5195. Running the program as unprivileged user on a vulnerable system, it'll modify the /etc/passwd file, forcing the password "dirtyCowFun" SHA-512, but could be modified for older standards. In case of successful execution,...

📄 Below Symlink Privilege Escalation

This Python script demonstrates a potential privilege escalation technique related to CVE-2025-27591, leveraging symbolic link symlink manipulation in a logging directory used by the below utility. Versions prior to 0.9.0 are affected...

CVE-2025-8766

A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Multi-Cloud Object Gateway Core images. This issue stems from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during build time. In certain conditions, an attacker who can execute commands within an affected container,...

CRI-O Container Engine Data Compromise

The vulnerability of the CRI-O Container Engine’s application programming interface, a software platform for managing clusters of virtual machines in Kubernetes, stems from the ability to add arbitrary strings to the /etc/passwd file using a specially created environment variable. Exploiting this...

SUSE CVE-2015-3246

libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service inconsistent file state by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be combined wi...

PT-2021-9022 · Red Hat · Operator-Framework/Presto

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: operator-framework/presto as shipped in Red Hat Openshift 4 affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to an insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file. An attacker with access to the container could...