CVE-2002-0294

The CVE-2002-0294 entry concerns Alcatel 4400. The affected component is the /chetc/shutdown command which is installed with setgid privileges. The underlying issue is privilege escalation by assigning setgid to a program used for system shutdown, enabling local users to shut down the system (imp...

CVE-2002-0294: Undefined Security Weakness

Alcatel 4400 installs the /chetc/shutdown command with setgid privileges, which allows many different local users to shut down the system...

CVE-1999-1143

Vulnerability in runtime linker program rld in SGI IRIX 6.x and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via setuid and setgid programs...

CVE-1999-1142

SunOS 4.1.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via LD_* environment variables affecting dynamically linked setuid/setgid programs (e.g., login, su, sendmail) by causing real and effective UIDs to the same user. This yields a local escalation with complete confidentiality and integr...

CVE-1999-1143

Technical details for CVE-1999-1143 are not provided in the connected documents. The initial description summarizes a privilege escalation in SGI IRIX 6.x rld but no further public details are included here. Monitor for updates.

CVE-1999-1143: Undefined Security Weakness

Vulnerability in runtime linker program rld in SGI IRIX 6.x and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via setuid and setgid programs...

CVE-1999-1288: Undefined Security Weakness

Samba 1.9.18 inadvertently includes a prototype application, wsmbconf, which is installed with incorrect permissions including the setgid bit, which allows local users to read and write files and possibly gain privileges via bugs in the program...

Unixware Message catalog exploit code

Hi, I'm jGgM. I was reported this problem Caldera, a few week ago. And, This exploit is fixed already. Hacker can modify message catalog and, It can possible format string exploit. for example $ gcc -o expshell expshell.c $ gcc -o getret getret.c $ gcc -o fmtexp fmtexp.c $ ./expshell $ ./getret...

IMLib2 - Home Environment Variable Buffer Overflow

IMLib2 - Home Environment Variable Buffer Overflow // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3868/info Imlib2 is a freely available, open source graphics library available for the Linux and Unix operating systems. It is maintained by Michael Jennings. Imlib2 is installed on many operating...

CVE-1999-1079

Vulnerability in ptrace in AIX 4.3 allows local users to gain privileges by attaching to a setgid program...

CVE-1999-1428

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite AdminSuite 2.1 and 2.2 allows local users to gain privileges via the save option in the Database Manager, which is running with setgid bin privileges...

CVE-1999-1428: Undefined Security Weakness

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite AdminSuite 2.1 and 2.2 allows local users to gain privileges via the save option in the Database Manager, which is running with setgid bin privileges...

CVE-1999-1079: Undefined Security Weakness

Vulnerability in ptrace in AIX 4.3 allows local users to gain privileges by attaching to a setgid program...

Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:55.procfs

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-01:55 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: procfs vulnerability leaks setugid process memory Category: core Module: procfs Announced: 2001-08-21 Credits: Joost Pol...

Solaris 8 libsldap - Local Buffer Overflow (2)

Solaris 8 libsldap - Local Buffer Overflow 2 // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2931/info Solaris 8 ships with a shared library that implements LDAP functionality called 'libsldap'. This library is linked to by a number of system utilities, many of them installed setuid or setgid...

Solaris 8 libsldap - Local Buffer Overflow (2)

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2931/info Solaris 8 ships with a shared library that implements LDAP functionality called 'libsldap'. This library is linked to by a number of system utilities, many of them installed setuid or setgid. Libsldap contains a buffer overflow vulnerability ...

CVE-2001-0170

Technical specifics (affected product versions, root cause, mitigations, or exploit details) are not publicly provided in the supplied documents; monitor for updates.

minicom exploit

This advisory was posted Wed Apr 11 08:06:49 2001 to bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla and became inaccessable not long after. I went to add more information, a couple of days after and had been locked out, so I tried emailing the QAContact this information on Tue Apr 24 , but received no reply. Now...

Linux Kernel 2.2.18 (RedHat 6.2/7.0 / 2.2.14/2.2.18/2.2.18ow4) - ptrace/execve Race Condition Privilege Escalation (1)

/ EDB Note: Updated exploit can be found here: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20721/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2529/info The Linux kernel is the core of all distributions of the Linux Operating System. It was originally written by Linus Torvalds, and is maintained by a...

[SECURITY] [DSA-044-1] mailx local exploit

Package : mailx Problem type : buffer overflow Debian-specific: no The mail program a simple tool to read and send email as distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has a buffer overflow in the input parsing code. Since mail is installed setgid mail by default this allowed local users to use it to...