gkermit setgid uucp Vulnerability

BID:1383

Info

gkermit setgid uucp Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1383
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Unknown
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 21 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 21 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Posted to Bugtraq on Jun 21, 2000 by Michal Zalewski <[email protected]>
Vulnerable: Redhat kermit 1.0 -3
+ Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
+ Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
+ Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
+ Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
- Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

gkermit setgid uucp Vulnerability

The gkermit binary supplied with Redhat Linux (released after February 27, 2000) is setgid uucp. gkermit can read/write/append files with a gid of uucp, such as /etc/uucp/passwd and several /dev entries. Malicious use of gkermit is dangerous on systems running uucp.

Exploit / POC

gkermit setgid uucp Vulnerability

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