CVE-2014-1226

The pipeinitterminal function in main.c in s3dvt allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging setuid permissions and usage of bash 4.3 and earlier. NOTE: This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6876...

CVE-2014-1226

The CVE-2014-1226 entry concerns s3dvt’s pipe_init_terminal function in main.c, with local privilege escalation via setuid and reliance on bash 4.3 or earlier. Multiple sources (Veracode entries for s3dvt) confirm the root cause as an incomplete fix of CVE-2013-6876, affecting s3dvt 0.2.2 and ear...

CVE-2013-6876

The 1 ptyinitterminal and 2 pipeinitterminal functions in main.c in s3dvt 0.2.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging setuid permissions and usage of bash 4.3 and earlier. NOTE: this vulnerability was fixed with commit ad732f00b411b092c66a04c359da0f16ec3b387, but the...

VirtualBox Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation in VirtualBox CVE-2017-3316 == Overview === System affected: VirtualBox Software-Version: prior to 5.0.32, prior to 5.1.14 User-Interaction: Required Impact: A Man-In-The-Middle could infiltrate an Extension-Pack-Update to gain a root-shell === Detailed description === In my...

CVE-2015-2126

HP-UX 11iv2/11iv3: the pppoec utility has a local privilege escalation via its setuid permissions. Attackers can gain root privileges through improper access permissions on /usr/bin/pppoec. HP’s workaround/patrol guidance (HP-UX HPSBUX03359) recommends removing the suid bit (chmod u-s /usr/bin/pp...

Firebird 1.5 - Local Inet_Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17077/info Firebird is susceptible to a local buffer-overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to the application's failure to properly check boundaries of user-supplied command-line argument data before copying it to an...

Design/Logic Flaw

The wrapsetuidthirdpartyapplication function in the installation script for the Samsung SCX-4200 Driver 2.00.95 adds setuid permissions to third party applications such as xsane and xscanimage, which allows local users to gain privileges...

CVE-2007-3931

The wrapsetuidthirdpartyapplication function in the installation script for the Samsung SCX-4200 Driver 2.00.95 adds setuid permissions to third party applications such as xsane and xscanimage, which allows local users to gain privileges...

Buffer overflow

Firebird 1.5.2.4731 installs 1 fblockmgr, 2 gdsdrop, and 3 fbinetserver with setuid firebird permissions, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a buffer overflow as identified by CVE-2006-1240, or possibly other vulnerabilities...

GNU GNATS 4.0/4.1 - Gen-Index Arbitrary Local File Disclosure/Overwrite

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14169/info GNU GNATS gen-index allows local attackers to disclose and overwrite arbitrary files. A successful attack can result in privilege escalation and a complete compromise of the affected computer as gen-index is installed with setuid permissions. G...

GNU GNATS 4.04.1 - Gen-Index Arbitrary Local File DisclosureOverwrite

GNU GNATS 4.04.1 - Gen-Index Arbitrary Local File DisclosureOverwrite source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14169/info GNU GNATS gen-index allows local attackers to disclose and overwrite arbitrary files. A successful attack can result in privilege escalation and a complete compromise of the...

CVE-2003-1033

The 1 instdbmsrv and 2 instlserver programs in SAP DB Development Tools 7.x trust the user-provided INSTROOT environment variable as a path when assigning setuid permissions to the lserver program, which allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified INSTROOT that points to a malicious...

HP-UX "rexec" command vulnerable to buffer overflow when supplied overly long command line argument to "-l" option

Overview A buffer overflow vulnerability in the rexec program supplied in some versions of the HP-UX operating system could allow local users to gain privileged access. Description The rexec program allows local users to execute commands on remote servers. rexec calls the rexec subroutine to act ...

Sun Solaris asppls(1M) vulnerable to arbitrary file overwriting via symlink redirection of temporary file

Overview Sun Solaris asppls1M creates temporary files insecurely, leading to possible local root compromise. Description Sun Microsystems describes the function of asppls1M as follows:aspppd is the link manager for the asynchronous data link protocol specified in RFC1331, The Point-to-Point...

AlsaPlayer 0.99.71 - Local Buffer Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5767/info Alsaplayer is a PCM player that utilizes the ALSA libraries and drivers. It is availabe for Linux and Unix platforms. A vulnerability has been discovered in Alsaplayer. By specifying an overly long "add-on path", it is possible for an attacke...

IBM AIX lsfs utility invokes grep and lslv with relative pathnames

Overview The IBM AIX operating system contains a vulnerability in the lsfs utility that allows a local user to execute arbitrary code as root. Description The IBM AIX lsfs utility displays filesystem information such as mount points, permissions and volume sizes. To list this information, it...

FreeBSD-SA-01:41.hanterm

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-01:41 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: hanterm ports allow local root compromise Category: ports Module: ko-hanterm, ko-hanterm-xf Announced: 2001-07-09 Credits:...