superprobe Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:364

Info

superprobe Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 364
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-1999-1489
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 04 1997 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 12:16AM
Credit: First posted to BugTraq by Solar <[email protected]> on March 4, 1997.
Vulnerable: Slackware Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

superprobe Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

superprobe is an program supplied with XFree86 that helps determine video hardware. It is shipped with Slackware Linux 3.1 and is installed setuid root. There is an exploitable strcpy buffer overflow in the TestChip() function which allows for a trivial local root compromise.

Exploit / POC

superprobe Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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superprobe Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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