CVE-2001-0178: Undefined Security Weakness

kdesu program in KDE2 KDE before 2.2.0-6 does not properly verify the owner of a UNIX socket that is used to send a password, which allows local users to steal passwords and gain privileges...

CVE-2001-0178

kdesu program in KDE2 KDE before 2.2.0-6 does not properly verify the owner of a UNIX socket that is used to send a password, which allows local users to steal passwords and gain privileges...

FreeBSD 3.1 / Solaris 2.6 - Domain Socket

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/456/info Solaris 2.6 and many other unices/clones have a serious problem with their unix domain socket implementation that has it's origins in old BSD code. Any unix socket created by any application is set mode 4777. In Solaris versions 2.5 and earlie...