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The Economist screen saver 1999 with the "Password Protected" option enabled allows users with physical access to the machine to bypass the screen saver and read files by running Internet Explorer while the screen is still locked.

Buffer overflow in KDE Kmail allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an attachment with a long file name.

Vulnerabilities in the KDE kvt terminal program allow local users to gain root privileges.

screen and rxvt in Red Hat Linux 6.0 do not properly set the modes of tty devices, which allows local users to write to other ttys.

Denial of service in Linux 2.2.x kernels via malformed ICMP packets containing unusual types, codes, and IP header lengths.

Denial of service in Compaq Management Agents and the Compaq Survey Utility via a long string sent to port 2301.

CDomain whois_raw.cgi whois CGI script allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the fqdn parameter.

Red Hat Linux 6.0 installs the /dev/pts file system with insecure modes, which allows local users to write to other tty devices.

tcpdump, Ethereal, and other sniffer packages allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed DNS packets in which a jump offset refers to itself, which causes tcpdump to enter an infinite loop while decompressing the packet.

nsd in IRIX 6.5 through 6.5.2 exports a virtual filesystem on a UDP port, which allows remote attackers to view files and cause a possible denial of service by mounting the nsd virtual file system.

Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU utilization) via a large amount of data to port 5631.

Windows NT RRAS and RAS clients cache a user's password even if the user has not selected the "Save password" option.

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to execute commands via a malformed Favorites icon.

The Preloader ActiveX control used by Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Buffer overflow in the pop-2d POP daemon in the IMAP package allows remote attackers to gain privileges via the FOLD command.

The web components of Compaq Management Agents and the Compaq Survey Utility allow a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

NTMail allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

The fwluser script in AIX eNetwork Firewall allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

IBM Netfinity Remote Control allows local users to gain administrator privileges by starting programs from the process manager, which runs with system level privileges.

When Javascript is embedded within the TITLE tag, Netscape Communicator allows a remote attacker to use the "about" protocol to gain access to browser information.

Buffer overflow in SmartDesk WebSuite allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long URL.

Control Panel "Password Security" option for Apple Powerbooks allows attackers with physical access to the machine to bypass the security by booting it with an emergency startup disk and using a disk editor to modify the on/off toggle or password in the aaaaaaaAPWD file, which is normally inaccessible.

Buffer overflow in Remote Access Service (RAS) client allows an attacker to execute commands or cause a denial of service via a malformed phonebook entry.

SGI IRIX midikeys program allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a text editor.

counter.exe 2.70 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (hang) via an HTTP request that ends in %0A (newline), which causes a malformed entry in the counter log that produces an access violation.

counter.exe 2.70 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (hang) via a long argument.

Buffer overflows in Bisonware FTP server prior to 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via long (1) USER, (2) LIST, or (3) CWD commands.

MSHTML.DLL in Internet Explorer 5.0 allows a remote attacker to paste a file name into the file upload intrinsic control, a variant of "untrusted scripted paste" as described in MS:MS98-013.

BisonWare FTP Server 4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed PORT command that contains a non-numeric character and a large number of carriage returns.

Buffer overflow in Windows NT 4.0 help file utility via a malformed help file.

Pegasus e-mail client 3.0 and earlier uses weak encryption to store POP3 passwords in the pmail.ini file, which allows local users to easily decrypt the passwords and read e-mail.

SSH server (sshd2) before 2.0.12 does not properly record login attempts if the connection is closed before the maximum number of tries, allowing a remote attacker to guess the password without showing up in the audit logs.

Alibaba HTTP server allows remote attackers to read files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Denial of service in Windows NT IIS server using ..\..

AV Option for MS Exchange Server option for InoculateIT 4.53, and possibly other versions, only scans the Inbox folder tree of a Microsoft Exchange server, which could allow viruses to escape detection if a user's rules cause the message to be moved to a different mailbox.

Microsoft Outlook Express before 4.72.3612.1700 allows a malicious user to send a message that contains a .., which can inadvertently cause Outlook to re-enter POP3 command mode and cause the POP3 session to hang.

The INN inndstart program allows local users to gain root privileges via the "pathrun" parameter in the inn.conf file.

Buffer overflow in Solaris lpset program allows local users to gain root access.

A configuration problem in the Ad Server Sample directory (AdSamples) in Microsoft Site Server 3.0 allows an attacker to obtain the SITE.CSC file, which exposes sensitive SQL database information.

The INN inndstart program allows local users to gain privileges by specifying an alternate configuration file using the INNCONF environmental variable.

Buffer overflow in Solaris dtprintinfo program.

Buffer overflow in iParty server 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by connecting to default port 6004 and sending repeated extended characters.

The code.asp sample file in IIS and Site Server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

The viewcode.asp sample file in IIS and Site Server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

The showcode.asp sample file in IIS and Site Server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Denial of service in Netscape Enterprise Server (NES) in HP Virtual Vault (VVOS) via a long URL.

The codebrws.asp sample file in IIS and Site Server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

A remote attacker can disable the virus warning mechanism in Microsoft Excel 97.

Vulnerability in ptrace in AIX 4.3 allows local users to gain privileges by attaching to a setgid program.

Internet Explorer 5.0 does not properly reset the username/password cache for Web sites that do not use standard cache controls, which could allow users on the same system to access restricted web sites that were visited by other users.