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cmd5checkpw Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA14404
Release Date: 2005-02-28
Popularity: 6,500 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:cmd5checkpw

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Florian Westphal has reported a vulnerability in cmd5checkpw, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

cmd5checkpw fails to drop privileges before calling an external program. This can be exploited to gain escalated privileges.

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