7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-2001-0652

Published: 30/10/2001 Updated: 30/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 730
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Heap overflow in xlock in Solaris 2.6 through 8 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long (1) XFILESEARCHPATH or (2) XUSERFILESEARCHPATH environmental variable.

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Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/3160/info Xlock is a utility for locking X-windows displays It is installed setuid root because it uses the user's password to authorize access to the display when it is locked The version of xlock that ships with Solaris as part of OpenWindows contains a heap overflow in it's handling of an environment ...
source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/3160/info Xlock is a utility for locking X-windows displays It is installed setuid root because it uses the user's password to authorize access to the display when it is locked The version of xlock that ships with Solaris as part of OpenWindows contains a heap overflow in it's handling of an environmen ...