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sdfingerd Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9092
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Release Date:
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2003-06-23
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Popularity:
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5,179 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | sdfingerd 1.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in sfingerd allowing local users to gain root group privileges.
The problem is that sdfingerd doesn't drop group privileges before it executes commands in the users ".plan" files.
Solution:
Disable sdfingerd or use another finger daemon.
Provided and/or discovered by:
vade79/v9 (fakehalo)
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