Published: 12/08/2002 Updated: 18/10/2016

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

Format string vulnerability in super for Linux allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

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GOBBLES found an insecure use of format strings in the super package The included program super is intended to provide access to certain system users for particular users and programs, similar to the program sudo Exploiting this format string vulnerability a local user can gain unauthorized root access This problem has been fixed in version 312 ...

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/5367/info super is prone to a format string vulnerability This problem is due to incorrect use of the syslog() function to log error messages It is possible to corrupt memory by passing format strings through the vulnerable logging function This may potentially be exploited to overwrite arbitrary locatio ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-139 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0045.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9741.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5367 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812622416695&w=2 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-139 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21674/

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