ppl program in HP-UX allows local users to create root files through symlinks.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
HP Hp Ux,
HP Hp Ux,
HP Hp Ux
... (+2)
Sendmail before 8.6.7 allows local users to gain root access via a large value in the debug (-d) command line option.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sendmail Sendmail
Pine before version 3.94 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a lockfile that is created when a user receives new mail.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
FreeBSD Freebsd,
Slackware Slackware Linux,
University Of Washington Pine
Buffer overflow in rwhod on AIX and other operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a UDP packet with a long hostname.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
FreeBSD Freebsd,
IBM Aix,
NetBSD Netbsd
Expreserve, as used in vi and ex, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root access.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos
... (+10)
fm_fls license server for Adobe Framemaker allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root access.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Adobe Framemaker
vold in Solaris 2.x allows local users to gain root access.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos
Solaris 2.4 before kernel jumbo patch -35 allows set-gid programs to dump core even if the real user id is not in the set-gid group, which allows local users to overwrite or create files at higher privileges by causing a core dump, e.g. through dmesg.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sun Sunos,
Sun Solaris
Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-1999-0032. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-1999-0032. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-1999-0032 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accident...
Kodak Color Management System (KCMS) on Solaris allows a local user to write to arbitrary files and gain root access.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos
admintool in Solaris allows a local user to write to arbitrary files and gain root access.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos,
Sun Solaris
... (+1)
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos
... (+24)
A design flaw in the Z-Modem protocol allows the remote sender of a file to execute arbitrary programs on the client, as implemented in rz in the rzsz module of FreeBSD before 2.1.5, and possibly other programs.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
FreeBSD Freebsd
cpio on FreeBSD 2.1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and possibly other operating systems, uses a 0 umask when creating files using the -O (archive) or -F options, which creates the files with mode 0666 and allows local users to read or overwrite those files.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
FreeBSD Freebsd,
Debian Debian Linux,
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux
... (+7)
The dip program on many Linux systems allows local users to gain root access via a buffer overflow.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Fred N. Van Kempen Dip
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos
... (+34)
The convert.bas program in the Novell web server allows a remote attackers to read any file on the system that is internally accessible by the web server.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Novell Web Server
The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
FreeBSD Freebsd,
FreeBSD Freebsd,
FreeBSD Freebsd
... (+13)
nettune in HP-UX 10.01 and 10.00 is installed setuid root, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by modifying critical networking configuration information.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
HP Hp Ux,
HP Hp Ux
Vulnerability in a kernel error handling routine in SCO OpenServer 5.0.2 and earlier, and SCO Internet FastStart 1.0, allows local users to gain root privileges.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sco Openserver,
Sco Openserver,
Sco Internet Faststart
Perl, sh, csh, or other shell interpreters are installed in the cgi-bin directory on a WWW site, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
The permissions for a system-critical NIS+ table (e.g. passwd) are inappropriate.
Manual page reader (man) in FreeBSD 2.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a sequence of commands.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
FreeBSD Freebsd,
FreeBSD Freebsd,
FreeBSD Freebsd
... (+1)
Vulnerability in union file system in FreeBSD 2.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system reload) via a series of certain mount_union commands.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
FreeBSD Freebsd,
FreeBSD Freebsd,
FreeBSD Freebsd
... (+3)
Delete or create a file via rpc.statd, due to invalid information.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos
... (+15)
pcnfsd (aka rpc.pcnfsd) allows local users to change file permissions, or execute arbitrary commands through arguments in the RPC call.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos
... (+14)
dxconsole in DEC OSF/1 3.2C and earlier allows local users to read arbitrary files by specifying the file with the -file parameter.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Digital Osf 1
test-cgi program allows an attacker to list files on the server.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Apache HTTP Server
Java Bytecode Verifier allows malicious applets to execute arbitrary commands as the user of the applet.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Netscape Navigator
phf CGI program allows remote command execution through shell metacharacters.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Apache HTTP Server,
Ncsa Ncsa Httpd
The Java Applet Security Manager implementation in Netscape Navigator 2.0 and Java Developer's Kit 1.0 allows an applet to connect to arbitrary hosts.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Netscape Navigator,
Sun Java
IIS 1.0 allows users to execute arbitrary commands using .bat or .cmd files.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Microsoft Internet Information Services
Kerberos 4 key servers allow a user to masquerade as another by breaking and generating session keys.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos,
Mit Kerberos
... (+2)
Echo and chargen, or other combinations of UDP services, can be used in tandem to flood the server, a.k.a. UDP bomb or UDP packet storm.
abuse.console in Red Hat 2.1 uses relative pathnames to find and execute the undrv program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a path that points to a Trojan horse program.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Red Hat Linux
Vulnerability in object server program in SGI IRIX 5.2 through 6.1 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges in certain configurations.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sgi Irix,
Sgi Irix,
Sgi Irix
... (+1)
rxvt, when compiled with the PRINT_PIPE option in various Linux operating systems including Linux Slackware 3.0 and RedHat 2.1, allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a malicious program using the -print-pipe command line parameter.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Red Hat Linux,
Slackware Slackware Linux,
Rxvt Rxvt
rpc.ypupdated (NIS) allows remote users to execute arbitrary commands.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sgi Irix,
Sgi Irix,
Sgi Irix
... (+7)
Race condition in Linux mailx command allows local users to read user files.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Slackware Slackware Linux
Buffer overflow in Linux splitvt command gives root access to local users.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sam Lantinga Splitvt
vhe_u_mnt program in HP-UX allows local users to create root files through symlinks.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
HP Hp Ux,
HP Hp Ux
Certain configurations of wu-ftp FTP server 2.4 use a _PATH_EXECPATH setting to a directory with dangerous commands, such as /bin, which allows remote authenticated users to gain root access via the "site exec" command.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Washington University Wu Ftpd
Guessable magic cookies in X Windows allows remote attackers to execute commands, e.g. through xterm.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sgi Irix,
Sun Solaris,
Sun Solaris
... (+2)
Buffer overflow in syslog utility allows local or remote attackers to gain root privileges.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos
... (+15)
Telnet allows a remote client to specify environment variables including LD_LIBRARY_PATH, allowing an attacker to bypass the normal system libraries and gain root access.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sgi Irix,
Sgi Irix,
Sgi Irix
... (+15)
Livingston portmaster machines could be rebooted via a series of commands.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Livingston Portmaster Portmaster
Some configurations of NIS+ in Linux allowed attackers to log in as the user "+".
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Linux Linux Kernel
The ghostscript command with the -dSAFER option allows remote attackers to execute commands.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript,
Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript
A race condition in the Solaris ps command allows an attacker to overwrite critical files.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos
SunOS sendmail 5.59 through 5.65 uses popen to process a forwarding host argument, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable and passing crafted values to the -oR option.
AFFECTED_PRODUCTS:
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos,
Sun Sunos
... (+7)