Published: 07/02/2003 Updated: 11/09/2008

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

Buffer overflow in the mtink status monitor, as included in the printer-drivers package in Mandrake Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

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source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/6656/info mtink is prone to a locally exploitable buffer overflow condition This is due to insufficient bounds checking of the HOME environment variable mtink is reportedly installed setgid 'sys' on Mandrake Linux, so it is possible that this issue may be exploited to execute arbitrary code with elevated ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://www.idefense.com/advisory/01.21.03.txt http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0029.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:010 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6656 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005959 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22189/

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