glibc: ld.so arbitrary DSO loading via LD_AUDIT in setuid/setgid programs

ld.so in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.11.3, and 2.12.x before 2.12.2, does not properly restrict use of the LDAUDIT environment variable to reference dynamic shared objects DSOs as audit objects, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an unsafe DSO located in a...

glibc: ld.so insecure handling of $ORIGIN in LD_AUDIT for setuid/setgid programs

elf/dl-load.c in ld.so in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 through 2.11.2, and 2.12.x through 2.12.1, does not properly handle a value of $ORIGIN for the LDAUDIT environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object DSO located in an arbitrary...

rpm: fails to drop SUID/SGID bits on package upgrade

lib/fsm.c in RPM 4.8.0 and unspecified 4.7.x and 4.6.x versions, and RPM before 4.4.3, does not properly reset the metadata of an executable file during replacement of the file in an RPM package upgrade, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable 1...

CVE-2005-4889

lib/fsm.c in RPM before 4.4.3 does not properly reset the metadata of an executable file during deletion of the file in an RPM package removal, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable 1 setuid or 2 setgid file, a related issue to CVE-2010-2059...

kernel: personality: fix PER_CLEAR_ON_SETID

The personality subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc3 has a PERCLEARONSETID setting that does not clear the ADDRCOMPATLAYOUT and MMAPPAGEZERO flags when executing a setuid or setgid program, which makes it easier for local users to leverage the details of memory usage to 1 conduct NULL...

kernel: personality: fix PER_CLEAR_ON_SETID

The personality subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc3 has a PERCLEARONSETID setting that does not clear the ADDRCOMPATLAYOUT and MMAPPAGEZERO flags when executing a setuid or setgid program, which makes it easier for local users to leverage the details of memory usage to 1 conduct NULL...

kernel: personality: fix PER_CLEAR_ON_SETID

The personality subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc3 has a PERCLEARONSETID setting that does not clear the ADDRCOMPATLAYOUT and MMAPPAGEZERO flags when executing a setuid or setgid program, which makes it easier for local users to leverage the details of memory usage to 1 conduct NULL...

CVE-2008-4210

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...

DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5191

mount and umount in util-linux and loop-aes-utils call the setuid and setgid functions in the wrong order and do not check the return values, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via helpers such as mount.nfs...

openmovieeditor 0.0.20060901 - name Local Buffer Overflow

openmovieeditor 0.0.20060901 - name Local Buffer Overflow / openmovieeditor buffer overflow exploit by qnix envt/envt -s 2 Shellcode: linux/x86 setuid0,setgid0 execve/bin/sh, /bin/sh, NULL 37 bytes + Setting memory for the shellcode. + Copying shellcode to memory. + Putting shellcode in the...

CVE-2005-4741

NetBSD 1.6, NetBSD 2.0 through 2.1, and NetBSD-current before 20051031 allows local users to gain privileges by attaching a debugger to a setuid/setgid PSUGID process that performs an exec without a reset of real credentials...

CVE-2005-2541

Tar 1.15.1 does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which may allow local users or remote attackers to gain privileges...

CVE-2005-0602

Unzip 5.51 and earlier does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which may allow local users to gain privileges...

CVE-2005-0503

uim before 0.4.5.1 trusts certain environment variables when libUIM is used in setuid or setgid applications, which allows local users to gain privileges...

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0503

uim before 0.4.5.1 trusts certain environment variables when libUIM is used in setuid or setgid applications, which allows local users to gain privileges...

Samba 2.2.8 (Linux Kernel 2.6 Debian Mandrake) - Share Privilege Escalation

Samba 2.2.8 Linux Kernel 2.6 Debian Mandrake - Share Privilege Escalation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9619/info A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been reported to affect the 2.6 Linux kernel. The issue appears to exist due to a lack of sufficient sanity checks performed...

CVE-2003-0937

SCO UnixWare 7.1.1, 7.1.3, and Open UNIX 8.0.0 allows local users to bypass protections for the "as" address space file for a process ID PID by obtaining a procfs file descriptor for the file and calling execve on a setuid or setgid program, which leaves the descriptor open to the user...

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.

CVE-2001-0084

The CVE-2001-0084 issue affects the GTK+ library, where the GTK_MODULES environment variable lets local users specify arbitrary modules. If GTK+ is used by a setuid/setgid program, this can let local users gain privileges. Reports from PT-2001-1319 describe GTK+ (affected versions not specified) ...