Design/Logic Flaw

Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4, 2.0.6r39760, 2.1.0, 2.1.2, and 2.1.4r42893 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a hardlink attack, which preserves setuid/setgid bits on Linux, related to DTRPATH:$ORIGIN...

kernel: open() call allows setgid bit when user is not in new file's group

fs/open.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by creating an executable...

PT-2008-5180 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.19 Description: The issue allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by splicing into an inode in order to...