Tru64 passwd Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:5380

Info

Tru64 passwd Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5380
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 01 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 01 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Published in a Compaq security advisory.
Vulnerable: Compaq Tru64 5.1 a
Compaq Tru64 5.1
Compaq Tru64 5.0 a
Compaq Tru64 4.0 g
Compaq Tru64 4.0 f
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Tru64 passwd Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Tru64 is a Unix variant. passwd is a Unix utility which may be used to change the password of the current user.

A vulnerability has been reported in the version of passwd included with some releases of Tru64. A local user may be able to exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges on the vulnerable system. Full details on this issue are not currently available.

Exploit / POC

Tru64 passwd Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits 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 / Fix

Tru64 passwd Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Patches are available:


Compaq Tru64 4.0 g

Compaq Tru64 4.0 f

Compaq Tru64 5.0 a

Compaq Tru64 5.1

Compaq Tru64 5.1 a

References

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