FrSIRT - SCO UnixWare "pkgadd" Utility Local Privilege Escalation / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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SCO UnixWare "pkgadd" Utility Local Privilege Escalation

Title : SCO UnixWare "pkgadd" Utility Local Privilege Escalation
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-1115
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0310
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-04-07

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SCO UnixWare, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1115
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=676

Credits

Vulnerability reported by iDefense Labs.

ChangeLog

2008-04-07 : Initial release

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