CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2003-1161

Published: Dec 31, 2003 | Modified: Sep 05, 2008
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

exit.c in Linux kernel 2.6-test9-CVS, as stored on kernel.bkbits.net, was modified to contain a backdoor, which could allow local users to elevate their privileges by passing __WCLONE|__WALL to the sys_wait4 function.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6_test9_cvs (including) 2.6_test9_cvs (including)

References