Tru64 DXCHPWD Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:5382

Info

Tru64 DXCHPWD Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5382
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 DXCHPWD Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Tru64 is a Unix variant.

A vulnerability has been reported in the version of dxchpwd 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.

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