FrSIRT - Cmd5checkpw "Poppasswd" Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Cmd5checkpw "Poppasswd" Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Title : Cmd5checkpw "Poppasswd" Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-0210
CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-02-28

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A new vulnerability was reported in cmd5checkpw, which may be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/0210
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-30.xml

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Florian Westphal

ChangeLog

2005-02-28 : Initial release

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