CVE-1999-0693

CVE-1999-0693 describes a buffer overflow in the TT_SESSION environment variable within the ToolTalk shared library that can allow a local attacker to gain root privileges via the ToolTalk RPC service. The vulnerability is associated with the ToolTalk RPC service, sometimes referred to as the Too...

DIGITAL UNIX 4.0 df AIX 4.3.2 CDE 2.1 IRIX 6.5.14 Solaris 7.0 SunOS 4.1.4 - Local Buffer Overflow

DIGITAL UNIX 4.0 df AIX 4.3.2 CDE 2.1 IRIX 6.5.14 Solaris 7.0 SunOS 4.1.4 - Local Buffer Overflow / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/641/info TRU64/DIGITAL UNIX 4.0 d/f,AIX Somehow the overflow is very sensitive to caching of the stack. To see that it really does work, run it in a debugg...