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Published: 05/11/2005 Updated: 19/10/2018

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

chfn in pwdutils 3.0.4 and previous versions on SuSE Linux, and possibly other operating systems, does not properly check arguments for the GECOS field, which allows local users to gain privileges.

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#!/bin/sh # # Exploit for SuSE Linux 9{1,2,3}/100, Desktop 10, UnitedLinux 10 # and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server {8,9} 'chfn' local root bug # # by Hunger <susechfn@hungerhu> # # Advistory: # listssusecom/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Nov/0002html # # hunger@suse:~> id # uid=1000(hunger) gid=1000(hunger) groups=1000 ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15314 http://www.osvdb.org/20525 http://secunia.com/advisories/17469 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415725/30/0/threaded https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1299/

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