PPXP Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:13681

Info

PPXP Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13681
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0392
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: May 19 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 01 2007 06:25PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Jens Steube.
Vulnerable: ppxp ppxp 0.2 001080415
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PPXP Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The 'ppxp' application is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. An attacker may abuse the issue to open a shell with superuser privileges.

Exploit / POC

PPXP Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

PPXP Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian has released an updated advisory DSA 725-2 to address this vulnerability. Please see the attached advisory for details on obtaining and applying fixes.


ppxp ppxp 0.2 001080415

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PPXP Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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