rcvtty Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:2009

Info

rcvtty Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2009
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2000-1103
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 27 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 03:56AM
Credit: This vulnerability was first posted to BugTraq by Vade79 <[email protected]> on November 27, 2000.
Vulnerable: BSDI BSD/OS 4.0.1
BSDI BSD/OS 4.0
BSDI BSD/OS 3.1
BSDI BSD/OS 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

rcvtty Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

rcvtty is a component of the unix NH mail system. The version of rcvtty for BSD/OS systems is known to contain a vulnerability that may allow local users to elevate their privileges.

The problem occurs in the ability of rcvtty to execute programs on the system without first dropping SGID priviledges. A shell script run through rcvtty would result in the contents of the shell script being executed with a SGID of tty. This creates the potential for a malicious user to gain elevated system priviledges.

Exploit / POC

rcvtty Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

exploit available

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rcvtty Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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