FrSIRT - PulseAudio "pa_drop_root()" Function Privilege Escalation Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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PulseAudio "pa_drop_root()" Function Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Title : PulseAudio "pa_drop_root()" Function Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0283
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0008
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-01-28

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in PulseAudio, which could be exploited by malicious users to obtain elevated privileges [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0283
https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio-discuss/2008-January/001227.html

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by Marcus Meissner.

ChangeLog

2008-01-28 : Initial release

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