a2ps -- insecure command line argument handling

Rudolf Polzer reports: a2ps builds a command line for file containing an unescaped version of the file name, thus might call external programs described by the file name. Running a cronjob over a public writable directory a2ps-ing all files in it - or simply typing "a2ps .txt" in /tmp - is...

Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004 ActiveX control fails to properly validate input

Overview There is a vulnerability in an ActiveX control provided by Norton AntiVirus 2004 that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary programs, launch a browser window containing an unauthorized URL, or cause a denial of service on a vulnerable system. Description Norton AntiVirus 2004 is a...

Yahoo! Messenger 5.6 - YInsthelper.dll Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Yahoo! Messenger 5.6 - YInsthelper.dll Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10199/info Yahoo! Messenger COM objects YInstHelper.YInstStarter.1 and YInstHelper.YSearchSetting2 have been reported prone to remotely exploitable buffer overflow...

Yahoo! Messenger 5.6 - 'YInsthelper.dll' Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10199/info Yahoo! Messenger COM objects YInstHelper.YInstStarter.1 and YInstHelper.YSearchSetting2 have been reported prone to remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerabilities. The conditions are triggered when properties are assigned values strings o...

IE 5.x-6.0 allows executing arbitrary programs using showHelp()

IE 5.x-6.0 allows executing arbitrary programs using showHelp =============================================================== Title: IE 5.x-6.0 allows executing arbitrary programs using showHelp Date: Monday, December 29, 2003 Software: IE 5.x, 6.0 Vendor: Microsoft Corp. Patch: N/A Author: Arman...

CVE-2003-0742

SCO Internet Manager mana allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by setting the REMOTEADDR environment variable to cause menu.mana to run as if it were called from ncsahttpd, then modifying the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious "hostname" program...

CVE-2003-0742

SCO Internet Manager mana allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by setting the REMOTEADDR environment variable to cause menu.mana to run as if it were called from ncsahttpd, then modifying the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious "hostname" program...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: lv security update

Updated lv packages that fix the possibility of local privilege escalation are now available. Lv is a powerful file viewer similar to less. It can decode and encode multilingual streams through many coding systems, such as ISO-8859, ISO-2022, EUC, SJIS Big5, HZ, and Unicode. A bug has been found ...

AIX 4.35.1 - diagrpt Arbitrary Privileged Program Execution

AIX 4.35.1 - diagrpt Arbitrary Privileged Program Execution source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2916/info AIX ships with a diagnostic reporting utility called 'diagrpt'. This utility is installed setuid root by default. When 'diagrpt' executes, it relies on an environment variable to locate...

CVE-2003-0337

The ckconfig command in lsadmin for Load Sharing Facility LSF 5.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the LSFENVDIR environment variable to reference an alternate lsf.conf file, then modifying LSFSERVERDIR to point to a malicious lim program, which lsadmin then executes...

CVE-2002-0718

CVE-2002-0718 affects Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2001. The vulnerability lies in the Web authoring function, allowing an attacker to authenticate and upload executable content by modifying the upload location (Program Execution via MCMS Authoring Function). Related data in the con...

Microsoft Outlook2000Express 6.0 - Arbitrary Program Execution

Microsoft Outlook2000Express 6.0 - Arbitrary Program Execution source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6923/info Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express may execute arbitrary programs through objects embedded in HTML email messages. When an email message or newsgroup message is viewed using...

Microsoft Outlook2000/Express 6.0 - Arbitrary Program Execution

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6923/info Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express may execute arbitrary programs through objects embedded in HTML email messages. When an email message or newsgroup message is viewed using Outlook, a temporary object is created in the Internet Explorer cach...

[SECURITY] [DSA 204-1] New kdlibs packages fix arbitrary program execution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 204-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 5th, 2002 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

WMNet2 1.0 6 - Kernel Memory File Descriptor Leakage

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5719/info It has been reported that wmnet2 is vulnerable to a leakage of open file descriptors that may result in unauthorized disclosure of kernel memory. It is allegedly possible for attackers to inherit the open file descriptors for /dev/mem and...

ASCPU 0.60 Kernel - Memory File Descriptor Leakage

ASCPU 0.60 Kernel - Memory File Descriptor Leakage source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5716/info It has been reported that ascpu is vulnerable to a leakage of open file descriptors that may result in unauthorized disclosure of kernel memory. It is allegedly possible for attackers to inherit...

[SECURITY] [DSA 158-1] New gaim packages fix arbitrary program execution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 158-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze August 27th, 2002 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 158-1] New gaim packages fix arbitrary program execution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 158-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze August 27th, 2002 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

CVE-2002-0767

simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges...

CVE-2002-0532

EMU Webmail allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a .. dot dot in the HTTP Host header that points to a Trojan horse configuration file that contains a pageroot specifier that contains shell metacharacters...