Linux Kernel 2.2/2.4 - procfs Stream redirection to Process Memory Privilege Escalation

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2937/info The Linux /proc filesystem is a virtual filesystem provided by the Linux Kernel as an interface to some process and system information and parameters. Under certain circumstances, an access validation error may exist in the handling of...

CVE-2000-1146

Recourse ManTrap 1.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a sequence of commands that navigate into and out of the /proc/self directory and executing various commands such as ls or pwd...

CVE-2000-0094

The CVE-2000-0094 entry concerns BSD procfs allowing local privilege escalation to root by manipulating the /proc/pid/mem interface through a modified file descriptor for stderr. The vulnerability is rooted in the procfs interface and enables a local attacker to gain full privileges, as described...

CVE-1999-0401

CVE-1999-0401 describes a race condition in Linux kernel 2.2.1 that allows local users to read arbitrary memory from /proc files. The vulnerability arises from a race in the /proc handling in Linux 2.2.1, enabling partial/possible disclosure of memory contents to unprivileged local users. Affecte...

FreeBSD 3.4 NetBSD 1.4.1 OpenBSD 2.6 - proc FileSystem

FreeBSD 3.4 NetBSD 1.4.1 OpenBSD 2.6 - proc FileSystem // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/940/info Certain BSD derivative operating systems use an implantation of the /proc filesystem which is vulnerable to attack from malicious local users. This attack will gain the user root access to...

FreeBSD 3.4 / NetBSD 1.4.1 / OpenBSD 2.6 - '/proc' FileSystem

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/940/info Certain BSD derivative operating systems use an implantation of the /proc filesystem which is vulnerable to attack from malicious local users. This attack will gain the user root access to the host. The proc file system was originally designed...

linux2.2.1-proc-smp-race-sniffer.txt

Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 17:39:13 +0100 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: [email protected] Subject: patch /proc race fixes for 2.2.1 fwd This is a short analysis I've done yesterday about the array.c /proc/pid/... races of Linux-2.2.0 and Linux-2.2.1. These races was leading to very easily reproducible...

PT-2010-5666 · Suse +2 · Suse Linux Enterprise +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: SUSE Linux Enterprise versions prior to 2.6.39.4 btrfs-kmp-xen affected versions not specified btrfs-kmp-pae affected versions not specified kernel-desktop-devel affected versions not specified Description: The issue allows local users to...