CVE-2008-0310

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0310
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-07 17:44:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in pkgadd in SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 before p534589 allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via ".." sequences in an unspecified environment variable, probably PKGINST.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sco Unixware 7.1.4 All All All
Operating System Sco Unixware 7.1.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SCOSA-2008.1 SCO ftp.sco.com
SCO UnixWare "pkgadd" Directory Traversal Privilege Escalation - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
UnXis, Inc. | Support | Update | Download | Release CONFIRM www.sco.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
20080403 SCO UnixWare pkgadd Directory Traversal Vulnerability IDEFENSE labs.idefense.com
SCO UnixWare pkgadd Directory Traversal Bug Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SCO UnixWare < 7.1.4 p534589 - 'pkgadd' Local Privilege Escalation - SCO local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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