CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2002-0424

Published: Aug 12, 2002 | Modified: Sep 05, 2008
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

efingerd 1.61 and earlier, when configured without the -u option, executes .efingerd files as the efingerd user (typically nobody), which allows local users to gain privileges as the efingerd user by modifying their own .efingerd file and running finger.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Efingerd Efingerd 1.3 (including) 1.3 (including)
Efingerd Efingerd 1.6.1 (including) 1.6.1 (including)

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