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IBM Informix I-Spy "runbin" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11990
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Release Date:
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2004-07-02
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Popularity:
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6,447 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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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | IBM Informix I-Spy 2.x
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Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in IBM Informix I-Spy, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The problem is that the "runbin" tool erroneously is setuid "root", which may grant unprivileged users "root" privileges on an affected system.
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