IM-Switch - Insecure Temporary File Handling Symbolic Link

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10717/info IM-Switch Insecure Temporary File Handling Symbolic Link VulnerabilityIt is reported that im-switch is prone to a local insecure temporary file handling symbolic link vulnerability. This issue is due to a design error that allows the applicatio...

IM-Switch - Insecure Temporary File Handling Symbolic Link

IM-Switch - Insecure Temporary File Handling Symbolic Link source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10717/info IM-Switch Insecure Temporary File Handling Symbolic Link VulnerabilityIt is reported that im-switch is prone to a local insecure temporary file handling symbolic link vulnerability. Thi...

Solaris 8 (sparc) : 110957-02

SunOS 5.8: /usr/bin/mailx patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Nov/06/01 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text in this plugin was extracted from the Oracle SunOS Patch Updates. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description...

RHEL 2.1 / 3 : utempter (RHSA-2004:174)

An updated utempter package that fixes a potential symlink vulnerability is now available. Utempter is a utility that allows terminal applications such as xterm and screen to update utmp and wtmp without requiring root privileges. Steve Grubb discovered a flaw in Utempter which allowed device nam...

RHEL 2.1 : unzip (RHSA-2003:200)

Updated unzip packages resolving a vulnerability allowing arbitrary files to be overwritten are now available. Updated 15 August 2003 Ben Laurie found that the original patch to fix this issue missed a case where the path component included a quoted slash. These updated packages contain a new pat...

RHEL 2.1 : util-linux (RHSA-2002:137)

The util-linux package shipped with Red Hat Linux Advanced Server contains a locally exploitable vulnerability. The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. The 'chfn' utility included in this package allows users...

RHEL 2.1 : sharutils (RHSA-2003:180)

Updated packages for sharutils which fix potential privilege escalation using the uudecode utility are available. The sharutils package contains a set of tools for encoding and decoding packages of files in binary or text format. The uudecode utility creates an output file without checking to see...

gzip: Insecure creation of temporary files

Background gzip GNU zip is popular compression program. The included gzexe utility allows you to compress executables in place and have them automatically uncompress and execute when you run them. Description The script gzexe included with gzip contains a bug in the code that handles tempfile...

LHA 1.x - extract_one Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

LHA 1.x - extractone Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities //source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10354/info // //LHA has been reported prone to multiple vulnerabilities that may allow a malicious archive to execute arbitrary code or corrupt arbitrary files when the archive is operated on...

WGet 1.x - Insecure File Creation Race Condition

WGet 1.x - Insecure File Creation Race Condition source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10361/info The 'wget' utility has been reported prone to a race-condition vulnerability. The issue exists because wget doesn't lock files that it creates and writes to during file downloads. A local attacke...

lha update in bin package

New bin- packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix buffer overflows and directory traversal vulnerabilities in the 'lha' archive utility. Sites using 'lha' should upgrade to the new bin package right away. More details about these issues may be found in the Common...

CVE-2003-0908

The Utility Manager in Microsoft Windows 2000 executes winhlp32.exe with system privileges, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a "Shatter" style attack using a Windows message that accesses the context sensitive help button in the GUI, as demonstrated using the File Open dialo...

CVE-2003-0908

CVE-2003-0908 describes a local privilege-elevation issue in Windows 2000 where Utility Manager can be coerced to launch winhlp32.exe with SYSTEM privileges via crafted Windows messages targeting the Help button, enabling arbitrary code execution (as shown in a Shatter-style vector). Connected so...

CVE-2004-0108

The isag utility, which processes sysstat data, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CAN-2004-0107...

CVE-2004-0108

The isag utility, which processes sysstat data, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CAN-2004-0107...

CVE-2004-0108

The isag utility, which processes sysstat data, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CAN-2004-0107...

DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0108

The isag utility, which processes sysstat data, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CAN-2004-0107...

[Full-Disclosure] Utility Manager - Failure to drop system privileges

======================================================================== = Utility Manager - Failure to drop system privileges = = MS Bulletin posted: April 13, 2004 = http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-011.mspx = = Affected Software: = Microsoft Windows 2000 = = Public...

Microsoft Windows Utility Manager - Local Privilege Escalation (MS04-011)

Microsoft Windows Utility Manager - Local Privilege Escalation MS04-011 // By Cesar Cerrudo cesar appsecinc com // Local elevation of priviliges exploit for Windows Utility Manager // Gives you a shell with system privileges // If you have problems try changing Sleep values. include include inclu...

MS Windows Utility Manager Local SYSTEM Exploit (MS04-011)

Exploit for unknown platform in category local exploits ========================================================== MS Windows Utility Manager Local SYSTEM Exploit MS04-011 ========================================================== // By Cesar Cerrudo cesar appsecinc com // Local elevation of...