CVE-2022-31594

A highly privileged user can exploit SUID-root program to escalate his privileges to root on a local Unix system...

snap-confine must_mkdir_and_open_with_perms() Race Condition

Qualys Security Advisory Race condition in snap-confine's mustmkdirandopenwithperms CVE-2022-3328 ======================================================================== Contents ======================================================================== Summary Background Exploitation...

Exploit for Out-of-bounds Write in Polkit_Project Polkit

PwnKit Vulnerability - Local Privilege Escalation - Title:...

Check Point Response to CVE-2021-4034 - local privilege escalation in polkit's pkexec

Symptoms - A Local Privilege Escalation from any user to root was discovered in polkit's pkexec, a SUID-root program that is installed by default on every major Linux distribution. The vulnerability allows unprivileged users to run commands as privileged users according to predefined policies. Fo...

Fedora Update for mod_auth_shadow FEDORA-2010-6359

Check for the Version of modauthshadow OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for modauthshadow FEDORA-2010-6359 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it...

Переполнение буфера и символьные линки в msgchk под Digital Unix (buffer overflow, symbolink link)

Переполнение буфера в suid root программе, символьные линки позволяют прочитать первую строчку любого файла...

IBM AIX 4.2.1 / Sun Solaris 7.0 - LC_MESSAGES libc Buffer Overflow (4)

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/268/info A buffer overflow in libc's handling of the LCMESSAGES environment variable allows a malicious user to exploit any suid root program linked agains libc to obtain root privileges. This problem is found in both IBM's AIX and Sun Microsystem's...

Linux libc 5.3.12/5.4 (RedHat Linux 4.0) - 'vsyslog()' Local Buffer Overflow

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/475/info A buffer overflow is present in linux libc 5.4.32 and below that allows a user to obtain local root access under some conditions. The overflow is in the function vsyslog and exploitable through the suid root program su, which passes the arg th...

Linux libc 5.3.125.4 (RedHat Linux 4.0) - vsyslog() Local Buffer Overflow

Linux libc 5.3.125.4 RedHat Linux 4.0 - vsyslog Local Buffer Overflow // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/475/info A buffer overflow is present in linux libc 5.4.32 and below that allows a user to obtain local root access under some conditions. The overflow is in the function vsyslog and...