Alt-N MDaemon Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
BID:11736
Info
Alt-N MDaemon Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 11736 |
| Class: | Design Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | No |
| Local: | Yes |
| Published: | Nov 23 2004 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Nov 23 2004 12:00AM |
| Credit: | Reed Arvin <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this issue. |
| Vulnerable: |
Altn MDaemon 7.2 Altn MDaemon 6.8.5 Altn MDaemon 6.8.4 Altn MDaemon 6.8.3 Altn MDaemon 6.8.2 Altn MDaemon 6.8.1 Altn MDaemon 6.8 .0 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
Alt-N MDaemon Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A local privilege escalation vulnerability reportedly affects Alt-N MDaemon. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly drop privileges prior to executing child processes.
An attacker may leverage this issue to execute applications with SYSTEM privileges, facilitating privilege escalation.
A local privilege escalation vulnerability reportedly affects Alt-N MDaemon. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly drop privileges prior to executing child processes.
An attacker may leverage this issue to execute applications with SYSTEM privileges, facilitating privilege escalation.
Exploit / POC
Alt-N MDaemon Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
No exploit is required to leverage this issue.
No exploit is required to leverage this issue.
Solution / Fix
Alt-N MDaemon Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.
Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.