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Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron library up to version 3.0 allows local users to obtain root access via a long environmental variable.

List of arbitrary files on Web host via nph-test-cgi script.

Sendmail decode alias can be used to overwrite sensitive files.

Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names.

Vulnerability in Desktop searchbook program in IRIX 5.0.x through 6.2 sets insecure permissions for certain user files (iconbook and searchbook).

Command execution via shell metachars in INN daemon (innd) 1.5 using "newgroup" and "rmgroup" control messages, and others.

fsdump command in IRIX allows local users to obtain root access by modifying sensitive files.

Sendmail allows local users to write to a file and gain group permissions via a .forward or :include: file.

Buffer overflow in HP-UX newgrp program.

Buffer overflow in cddbd CD database server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long log message.

Kerberos 4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a malformed UDP packet that generates an error string that inadvertently includes the realm name and the last user.

dxchpwd in Digital Unix (OSF/1) 3.x allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the dxchpwd.log file.

Local users can start Sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges.

Vulnerability in ppl in HP-UX 10.x and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by forcing ppl to core dump.

fpkg2swpk in HP-UX allows local users to gain root access.

Buffer overflow in mstm in HP-UX allows local users to gain root access.

Indigo Magic System Tour in the SGI system tour package (systour) for IRIX 5.x through 6.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse .exitops program, which is called by the inst command that is executed by the RemoveSystemTour program.

The WorkMan program can be used to overwrite any file to get root access.

Buffer overflow in lpr, as used in BSD-based systems including Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via a long -C (classification) command line option.

PASV core dump in wu-ftpd daemon when attacker uses a QUOTE PASV command after specifying a username and password.

Bash treats any character with a value of 255 as a command separator.

HP-UX gwind program allows users to modify arbitrary files.

Buffer overflow in xmcd 2.1 allows local users to gain access through a user resource setting.

MIME buffer overflow in Sendmail 8.8.0 and 8.8.1 gives root access.

HP Remote Watch allows a remote user to gain root access.

HPUX sysdiag allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack during log file creation.

Denial of service when an attacker sends many SYN packets to create multiple connections without ever sending an ACK to complete the connection, aka SYN flood.

Transarc DCE Distributed File System (DFS) 1.1 for Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 does not properly initialize the grouplist for users who belong to a large number of groups, which could allow those users to gain access to resources that are protected by DFS.

(1) bash before 1.14.7, and (2) tcsh 6.05 allow local users to gain privileges via directory names that contain shell metacharacters (` back-tick), which can cause the commands enclosed in the directory name to be executed when the shell expands filenames using the \w option in the PS1 variable.

Buffer overflow and denial of service in Sendmail 8.7.5 and earlier through GECOS field gives root access to local users.

Vulnerability in a certain system call in SCO UnixWare 2.0.x and 2.1.0 allows local users to access arbitrary files and gain root privileges.

ppl program in HP-UX allows local users to create root files through symlinks.

Sendmail before 8.6.7 allows local users to gain root access via a large value in the debug (-d) command line option.

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.

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.

Expreserve, as used in vi and ex, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root access.

fm_fls license server for Adobe Framemaker allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root access.

vold in Solaris 2.x allows local users to gain root access.

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.

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 accidental usage

Kodak Color Management System (KCMS) on Solaris allows a local user to write to arbitrary files and gain root access.

admintool in Solaris allows a local user to write to arbitrary files and gain root access.

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.

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.

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.

The dip program on many Linux systems allows local users to gain root access via a buffer overflow.

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.

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.

The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.

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.