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CVSSv2

CVE-2002-0767

Published: 12/08/2002 Updated: 05/09/2008
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 725
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.

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richard gooch simpleinit 2.0.2

Exploits

Exploit DB: Richard Gooch SimpleInit 2.0.2 - Open File Descriptor
source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/5001/info A vulnerability has been reported for simpleinit that may allow users to execute arbitrary commands as the superuser The vulnerability occurs because simpleinit may allow some child processes to inherit a file descriptor with read-write access The file descriptor is used to access /dev/initctl ...

References

NVD-CWE-Otherhttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276739http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5001http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9357.phphttps://nvd.nist.govhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21538/
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