High
CVE-2011-1281
The Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (aka CSRSS) in the Win32 subsystem in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and…
Tag: Privilege Escalation
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A curated feed of “Privilege Escalation”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 7822 CVEs for this tag (all time). In the last 365 days, 1227 were published. Average CVSS is 7.7 (all time; 7.9 over 365d), and 84% are rated High/Critical (all time). Top CWEs (last 365 days): CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management, CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment, CWE-862 - Missing Authorization.
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CVSS ≥ 0.0
2011-07-13
2011-06-16
High
CVE-2011-1249
The Ancillary Function Driver (AFD) in afd.sys in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Go…
2011-06-09
High
CVE-2011-1823
The vold volume manager daemon on Android 3.0 and 2.x before 2.3.4 trusts messages that are received from a PF_NETLINK socket, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code and gain root privile…
2011-02-09
Medium
CVE-2011-0030
The Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly kill processes after a logout, which allows local users to obtain sensitive info…
2011-02-04
High
CVE-2011-0649
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in TIBCO Rendezvous 8.2.1 through 8.3.0, Enterprise Message Service (EMS) 5.1.0 through 6.0.0, Runtime Agent (TRA) 5.6.2 through 5.7.0, Silver BPM Service before…
2011-01-20
Medium
CVE-2011-0008
A certain Fedora patch for parse.c in sudo before 1.7.4p5-1.fc14 on Fedora 14 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who…
2010-11-10
Medium
CVE-2010-2733
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web Monitor in Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 2010 Gold, 2010 Update 1, and 2010 Update 2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary…
2010-09-15
Medium
CVE-2010-1891
The Client/Server Runtime Subsystem (aka CSRSS) in the Win32 subsystem in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2, when a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean locale is enabled, does not properl…
Critical
CVE-2010-3009
Unspecified vulnerability in HP System Management Homepage (SMH) for Linux 6.0 and 6.1 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information and gain root privileges via unknown vectors.
2010-08-16
Medium
CVE-2010-1886
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2, and Windows 7 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a proc…
2010-04-01
Critical
CVE-2010-1225
The memory-management implementation in the Virtual Machine Monitor (aka VMM or hypervisor) in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Gold and SP1, Virtual Server 2005 Gold and R2 SP1, and Windows Virtual PC does…
2009-12-29
Medium
CVE-2009-4452
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 (5.0.712); Antivirus Personal 5.0.x; Anti-Virus 6.0 (6.0.3.837), 7 (7.0.1.325), 2009 (8.0.0.x), and 2010 (9.0.0.463); and Internet Security 7 (7.0.1.325), 2009 (8.0.0.x), and…
2009-09-11
Medium
CVE-2008-7211
CreativeLabs es1371mp.sys 5.1.3612.0 WDM audio driver, as used in Ensoniq PCI 1371 sound cards and when running on Windows Vista, does not create a Functional Device Object (FDO) to prevent user-moad…
2009-07-31
Critical
CVE-2009-1863
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.246.0 and 10.x before 10.0.32.18, and Adobe AIR before 1.5.2, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly…
2009-07-21
High
CVE-2009-2564
NOS Microsystems getPlus Download Manager, as used in Adobe Reader 1.6.2.36 and possibly other versions, Corel getPlus Download Manager before 1.5.0.48, and possibly other products, installs NOS\bin\…
2009-06-08
High
CVE-2008-6827
The ListView control in the Client GUI (AClient.exe) in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.x before 6.9.355 SP1 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a "…
2009-04-10
Critical
CVE-2008-6710
Unspecified vulnerability in the Web administration interface in Avaya Communication Manager 3.1.x before CM 3.1.4 SP2 and 4.0.x before 4.0.3 SP1 allows remote authenticated administrators to gain ro…
Critical
CVE-2008-6708
Unspecified vulnerability in the Web management interface in Avaya SIP Enablement Services (SES) 3.x and 4.0, as used with Avaya Communication Manager 3.1.x and 4.x, allows remote authenticated admin…
2009-03-30
High
CVE-2008-6559
Merge mcd in ReliantHA 1.1.4 in SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 allows local users to gain root privileges via a crafted -d argument that contains .. (dot dot) sequences that point to a directory containing a fil…
High
CVE-2008-6558
Untrusted search path vulnerability in (1) hvdisp and (2) rcvm in ReliantHA 1.1.4 in SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the RELIANT_PATH environment variable t…
2009-03-25
Medium
CVE-2009-0207
Unspecified vulnerability in HP-UX B.11.11 running VERITAS Oracle Disk Manager (VRTSodm) 3.5, B.11.23 running VRTSodm 4.1 or VERITAS File System (VRTSvxfs) 4.1, B.11.23 running VRTSodm 5.0 or VRTSvxf…
2009-01-30
High
CVE-2009-0034
parse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who belongs to that group, which allows…
2008-10-15
High
CVE-2008-4036
Integer overflow in Memory Manager in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application th…
2008-08-20
Critical
CVE-2008-3733
Stack-based buffer overflow in EO Video (eo-video) 1.36 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a .eop (aka playlist) file with a Projec…
2008-08-08
Critical
CVE-2008-3552
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Nokia Series 40 3rd edition FP1, and possibly later devices, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, probably related to MIDP pri…
Critical
CVE-2008-3553
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Nokia Series 40 3rd edition devices allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, probably related to MIDP privilege escalation and per…
2008-06-03
Critical
CVE-2008-2540
Apple Safari on Mac OS X, and before 3.1.2 on Windows, does not prompt the user before downloading an object that has an unrecognized content type, which allows remote attackers to place malware into…
2008-05-08
High
CVE-2008-2112
Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Ray Kiosk Mode 4.0 allows local and remote authenticated Sun Ray administrators to gain root privileges via unknown vectors related to utconfig.
2008-04-16
Medium
CVE-2008-1811
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Application Express 3.0.1 has unspecified impact and remote authenticated attack vectors related to flows_030000.wwv_execute_immediate, aka APEX01. NOTE: the prev…
2008-03-27
Critical
CVE-2008-1235
Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that cause…
2008-02-13
Medium
CVE-2007-5757
Untrusted search path vulnerability in db2pd in IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) 8 before FixPak 16 and 9 before Fix Pack 4 allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified DB2INSTANCE envir…
2008-02-12
High
CVE-2008-0600
The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted ar…
High
CVE-2008-0697
Unspecified vulnerability in DB2PD in IBM DB2 UDB before 8.2 Fixpak 16 allows local users to gain root privileges via unspecified vectors.
2008-02-08
Medium
CVE-2008-0415
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute script outside of the sandbox and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attack…
2008-01-04
High
CVE-2007-6645
Unspecified vulnerability in Joomla! before 1.5 RC4 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka "registered user privilege escalation vulnerability."
2007-11-05
Medium
CVE-2007-5829
The Disk Mount scanner in Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.x and 10.x, Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.0 and 10.1, and Norton Internet Security for Macintosh 3.x, uses a directory with weak permi…
2007-10-30
Medium
CVE-2007-4277
The Trend Micro AntiVirus scan engine before 8.550-1001, as used in Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security 2007, and Tmxpflt.sys 8.320.1004 and 8.500.0.1002, has weak permissions (Everyone:Write) fo…
2007-10-04
Medium
CVE-2007-5194
The Chroot server in rMake 1.0.11 creates a /dev/zero device file with read/write permissions for the rMake user and the same minor device number as /dev/port, which might allow local users to gain r…
2007-08-18
Medium
CVE-2007-4270
Multiple race conditions in IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allow local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on certain files.
2007-08-17
High
CVE-2007-4390
The Command Line Interface (CLI), aka Adonis Administration Console, on the BlueCat Networks Adonis DNS/DHCP appliance 5.0.2.8 allows local admin users to gain root privileges on the underlying opera…
2007-08-15
Medium
CVE-2007-4353
Multiple buffer overflows in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allow local users in the system group to gain root privileges via unspecified vectors involving the (1) chpath, (2) rmpath, and (3) devinstall program…
2007-08-08
Medium
CVE-2007-4236
Buffer overflow in lpd in bos.rte.printers in AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users with printq group privileges to gain root privileges.
Medium
CVE-2007-4237
Buffer overflow in the atm subset in arp in devices.common.IBM.atm.rte in AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain root privileges.
Medium
CVE-2007-4238
AIX 5.2 and 5.3 install pioinit with user and group ownership of bin, which allows local users with bin or possibly printq privileges to gain root privileges by modifying pioinit.
2007-07-27
Medium
CVE-2007-1354
The Access Control functionality (JMXOpsAccessControlFilter) in JMX Console in JBoss Application Server 4.0.2 and 4.0.5 before 20070416 uses a member variable to store the roles of the current user,…
2007-05-24
High
CVE-2007-0752
The PPP daemon (pppd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 checks ownership of the stdin file descriptor to determine if the invoker has sufficient privileges, which allows local users to load arbitrary plugins…
2007-04-04
High
CVE-2006-5586
The Graphics Rendering Engine in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 allows local users to gain privileges via "invalid application window sizes" in layered application windows, aka the "GDI Invali…
2007-03-09
Medium
CVE-2007-1370
Zend Platform 2.2.3 and earlier has incorrect ownership for scd.sh and certain other files, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the files. NOTE: this only occurs when safe_…
2007-02-22
Medium
CVE-2007-1065
Cisco Secure Services Client (CSSC) 4.x, Trust Agent 1.x and 2.x, Cisco Security Agent (CSA) 5.0 and 5.1 (when a vulnerable Trust Agent has been deployed), and the Meetinghouse AEGIS SecureConnect Cl…
2007-01-18
Medium
CVE-2007-0345
The (1) Activity Monitor.app/Contents/Resources/pmTool, (2) Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy, and (3) ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool programs in /Applications/…
2006-12-10
High
CVE-2006-6418
Buffer overflow in the POSIX Threads library (libpthread) on HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK8, 4.0G PK4, and 5.1A PK6 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long PTHREAD_CONFIG environment variable.
2006-12-06
Medium
CVE-2006-6308
Symantec LiveState 7.1 Agent for Windows allows local users to gain privileges by stopping the shstart.exe process and open "Web Self-Service" from the system tray icon, which will open a browser win…
2006-11-28
Medium
CVE-2006-6131
Untrusted search path vulnerability in (1) WSAdminServer and (2) WSWebServer in Kerio WebSTAR (4D WebSTAR Server Suite) 5.4.2 and earlier allows local users with webstar privileges to gain root privi…
2006-11-22
High
CVE-2006-3973
My Firewall Plus 5.0 Build 1119 does not verify if explorer.exe is running before launching iexplore.exe from the "Test Your Firewall" feature, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges.
2006-11-18
High
CVE-2006-4413
Apple Remote Desktop before 3.1 uses insecure permissions for certain built-in packages, which allows local users on an Apple Remote Desktop administration system to modify the packages and gain root…
2006-11-08
Medium
CVE-2006-5808
The installation of Cisco Secure Desktop (CSD) before 3.1.1.45 uses insecure default permissions (all users full control) for the CSD directory and its parent directory, which allow local users to ga…
2006-09-07
Medium
CVE-2006-4619
The start update window in update.exe in Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic 7.0 build 151 allows local users to gain system privileges via a "Shatter" style attack on the (1) IParam parameter, and…
2006-08-23
High
CVE-2006-4316
SSH Tectia Management Agent 2.1.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by running a program called sshd, which is obtained from a process listing when the "Restart" action is selected from the…
High
CVE-2006-3745
Unspecified vulnerability in the sctp_make_abort_user function in the SCTP implementation in Linux 2.6.x before 2.6.17.10 and 2.4.23 up to 2.4.33 allows local users to cause a denial of service (pani…
2006-08-09
High
CVE-2006-3443
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Winlogon in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, when SafeDllSearchMode is disabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious DLL in the UserProfile directo…
2006-07-18
Medium
CVE-2006-3626
Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.17.4 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by using prctl with PR_SET_DUMPABLE in a way that causes /proc/self/environ to become setuid root.
2006-07-06
High
CVE-2006-3378
passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileg…
2006-06-15
High
CVE-2006-2916
artswrapper in aRts, when running setuid root on Linux 2.6.0 or later versions, does not check the return value of the setuid function call, which allows local users to gain root privileges by causin…
2006-06-13
Critical
CVE-2006-2373
The Server Message Block (SMB) driver (MRXSMB.SYS) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code by calling the MrxSmbCsc…
2006-05-25
High
CVE-2006-2607
do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or res…
2006-03-30
High
CVE-2006-1506
Unspecified vulnerability in rsh in Sun Microsystems Sun Grid Engine 5.3 before 20060327 and N1 Grid Engine 6.0 before 20060327 allows local users to gain root privileges.
2006-03-24
High
CVE-2006-1379
Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 14.00.1485 and 14.10.0.1023, uses insecure DACLs for critical files, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges by modifying executable programs s…
High
CVE-2006-1380
ISNTSmtp directory in Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Suite (IMSS) 5.5 build 1183 and possibly other versions before 5.7.0.1121, uses insecure DACLs for critical files, which allows local us…
Critical
CVE-2006-1381
Trend Micro OfficeScan 5.5, and probably other versions before 6.5, uses insecure DACLs for critical files, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges by modifying tmlisten.exe.
2006-03-23
High
CVE-2006-1283
opiepasswd in One-Time Passwords in Everything (OPIE) in FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-p22 through 6.1-STABLE before 20060322 uses the getlogin function to determine the invoking user account, which might all…
2006-02-08
High
CVE-2006-0577
Lexmark X1185 printer allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges by navigating to the "Appearance" dialog and selecting the "Additional styles (skins) are available on the Lexmark web site" option,…
2005-12-31
High
CVE-2005-3629
initscripts in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not properly handle certain environment variables when /sbin/service is executed, which allows local users with sudo permissions for /sbin/service to ga…
High
CVE-2005-4776
Integer overflow in the FreeBSD compatibility code (freebsd_misc.c) in NetBSD-current, NetBSD-3, NetBSD-2.0, and NetBSD-2 before 20050913; and NetBSD-1.6 before 20050914; allows local users to cause…
2005-12-28
High
CVE-2005-3345
rssh 2.0.0 through 2.2.3 allows local users to bypass access restrictions and gain root privileges by using the rssh_chroot_helper command to chroot to an external directory.
2005-12-14
High
CVE-2005-3360
The installation of Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security 2005 12.00 build 1244, and probably previous versions, uses insecure default ACLs, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (d…
2005-11-29
High
CVE-2005-3886
Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Security Agent (CSA) 4.5.0 and 4.5.1 agents, when running on Windows systems, allows local users to bypass protections and gain system privileges by executing certa…
2005-11-23
Medium
CVE-2005-3784
The auto-reap of child processes in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15 includes processes with ptrace attached, which leads to a dangling ptrace reference and allows local users to cause a denial of serv…
2005-10-20
High
CVE-2005-3269
Stack-based buffer overflow in help.cgi in the HTTP administrative interface for (1) Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 2003Q4, 2004Q2, and 2005Q1, (2) Red Hat Directory Server and (3) Certificate…
2005-05-02
High
CVE-2005-0816
Buffer overflow in newgrp in Solaris 7 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges.
Critical
CVE-2005-1037
Unknown vulnerability in AIX 5.3.0, when configured as an NIS client, allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.
High
CVE-2005-1040
Multiple unknown vulnerabilities in netapplet in Novell Linux Desktop 9 allow local users to gain root privileges, related to "User input [being] passed to network scripts without verification."
2005-01-27
High
CVE-2004-0887
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on the S/390 platform does not properly handle a certain privileged instruction, which allows local users to gain root privileges.
2004-12-31
High
CVE-2004-2012
The systrace_exit function in the systrace utility for NetBSD-current and 2.0 before April 16, 2004, and certain FreeBSD ports, does not verify the owner of the /dec/systrace connection before settin…
Medium
CVE-2004-2125
Buffer overflow in blackd.exe for BlackICE PC Protection 3.6 and other versions before 3.6.ccb, with application protection off, allows local users to gain system privileges by modifying the .INI fil…
High
CVE-2004-2430
Trend OfficeScan Corporate Edition 5.58 and possibly earler does not drop privileges when opening a help window from a virus detection pop-up window, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privilege…
2004-09-28
High
CVE-2003-1052
IBM DB2 7.1 and 8.1 allow the bin user to gain root privileges by modifying the shared libraries that are used in setuid root programs.
2004-08-06
High
CVE-2004-0213
Utility Manager in Windows 2000 launches winhlp32.exe while Utility Manager is running with raised privileges, which allows local users to gain system privileges via a "Shatter" style attack that sen…
Critical
CVE-2004-0524
Buffer overflow in the chpasswd command in the Change_passwd plugin before 4.0, as used in SquirrelMail, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.
2004-07-30
High
CVE-2004-1707
The (1) dbsnmp and (2) nmo programs in Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, and Oracle IAS 9.0.2.0.1, on Unix systems, use a default path to find and execute library files while operating at raised privileges, whic…
2004-04-15
High
CVE-2003-1033
The (1) instdbmsrv and (2) instlserver programs in SAP DB Development Tools 7.x trust the user-provided INSTROOT environment variable as a path when assigning setuid permissions to the lserver progra…
2004-03-15
High
CVE-2004-0186
smbmnt in Samba 2.x and 3.x on Linux 2.6, when installed setuid, allows local users to gain root privileges by mounting a Samba share that contains a setuid root program, whose setuid attributes are…
2004-03-03
High
CVE-2004-0077
The do_mremap function for the mremap system call in Linux 2.2 to 2.2.25, 2.4 to 2.4.24, and 2.6 to 2.6.2, does not properly check the return value from the do_munmap function when the maximum number…
2004-02-03
High
CVE-2003-0994
The GUI functionality for an interactive session in Symantec LiveUpdate 1.70.x through 1.90.x, as used in Norton Internet Security 2001 through 2004, SystemWorks 2001 through 2004, and AntiVirus and…
2004-01-14
High
CVE-2004-1764
Buffer overflow in CDE libDtSvc on HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.04, B.11.11, and B.11.22 allows local users to gain root privileges via unknown vectors.
2003-12-31
Critical
CVE-2003-0959
Multiple integer overflows in the 32bit emulation for AMD64 architectures in Linux 2.4 kernel before 2.4.21 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges via unspecified vecto…
High
CVE-2003-1082
Buffer overflow in utmp_update for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges, as identified by Sun BugID 4705891, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1068.
Critical
CVE-2003-1361
Unknown vulnerability in VERITAS Bare Metal Restore (BMR) of Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 3.1.0 through 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges on the BMR Main Server.
2003-12-15
High
CVE-2003-0936
Symantec PCAnywhere 10.x and 11, when started as a service, allows attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges via the help interface using AWHOST32.exe.
High
CVE-2003-0938
vos24u.c in SAP database server (SAP DB) 7.4.03.27 and earlier allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via a malicious "NETAPI32.DLL" in the current working directory, which is found and loaded…
High
CVE-2003-0961
Integer overflow in the do_brk function for the brk system call in Linux kernel 2.4.22 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges.
2003-11-17
High
CVE-2003-0840
Buffer overflow in dtprintinfo on HP-UX 11.00, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long DISPLAY environment variable.
2003-10-06
Critical
CVE-2003-0690
KDM in KDE 3.1.3 and earlier does not verify whether the pam_setcred function call succeeds, which may allow attackers to gain root privileges by triggering error conditions within PAM modules, as de…
High
CVE-2003-0697
Format string vulnerability in lpd in the bos.rte.printers fileset for AIX 4.3 through 5.2, with debug enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or gain root privileges.
High
CVE-2003-0758
Buffer overflow in db2dart in IBM DB2 Universal Data Base 7.2 before Fixpak 10 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.
High
CVE-2003-0759
Buffer overflow in db2licm in IBM DB2 Universal Data Base 7.2 before Fixpak 10a allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.
High
CVE-2003-0783
Multiple buffer overflows in hztty 2.0 allow local users to gain root privileges.
Critical
CVE-2003-0784
Format string vulnerability in tsm for the bos.rte.security fileset on AIX 5.2 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via login, and local users to gain privileges via login, su, or passwd,…
2003-09-22
Critical
CVE-2003-0722
The default installation of sadmind on Solaris uses weak authentication (AUTH_SYS), which allows local and remote attackers to spoof Solstice AdminSuite clients and gain root privileges via a certain…
2003-08-27
Critical
CVE-2003-0575
Heap-based buffer overflow in the name services daemon (nsd) in SGI IRIX 6.5.x through 6.5.21f, and possibly earlier versions, allows attackers to gain root privileges via the AUTH_UNIX gid list.
High
CVE-2003-0597
Unknown vulnerability in display of Merge before 5.3.23a in UnixWare 7.1.x allows local users to gain root privileges.
High
CVE-2003-0609
Stack-based buffer overflow in the runtime linker, ld.so.1, on Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LD_PRELOAD environment variable.
High
CVE-2003-0631
VMware GSX Server 2.5.1 build 4968 and earlier, and Workstation 4.0 and earlier, allows local users to gain root privileges via certain enivronment variables that are used when launching a virtual ma…
High
CVE-2003-0655
rscsi in cdrtools 2.01 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges by specifying the target file as a command line argument, which is modified while rscsi is…
2003-07-02
High
CVE-2003-0385
Buffer overflow in xaos 3.0-23 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -language option.
2003-06-19
High
CVE-2003-1067
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) dbm_open function, as used in ndbm and dbm, and the (2) dbminit function in Solaris 2.6 through 9 allow local users to gain root privileges via long arguments to…
2003-06-06
High
CVE-2003-1068
Buffer overflow in utmp_update for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges, as identified by Sun BugID 4659277, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1082.
2003-05-27
Medium
CVE-2003-0261
fuzz 0.6 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which could allow local users to gain root privileges.
High
CVE-2003-0262
leksbot 1.2.3 in Debian GNU/Linux installs the KATAXWR as setuid root, which allows local users to gain root privileges by exploiting unknown vulnerabilities related to the escalated privileges, whic…
Medium
CVE-2003-0265
Race condition in SDBINST for SAP database 7.3.0.29 creates critical files with world-writable permissions before initializing the setuid bits, which allows local attackers to gain root privileges by…
2003-05-12
High
CVE-2003-0221
The (1) dupatch and (2) setld utilities in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B PK1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files and possibly gain root privileges via a symlink attack.