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Typespeed Format String Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA14312
Release Date: 2005-02-17
Popularity: 5,437 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Typespeed 0.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Ulf Härnhammar has reported a vulnerability in Typespeed, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in "file.c" and may allow execution of arbitrary code with escalated privileges on systems, where the game has been installed setuid or setgid (typically setgid "games").

NOTE: Typespeed is not installed setuid or setgid by default.

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