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UnixWare ptrace Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA18958	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-02-22
Last Update:	2006-02-27
Popularity:	6,299 views

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

OS:	UnixWare 7.x.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2005-2934

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in UnixWare, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to an access validation error in the "ptrace()" system call as setuid permissions on traced executables aren't checked. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The vulnerability has been reported in UnixWare 7.1.3 and 7.1.4. Solution: Apply updated packages. UnixWare 7.1.3: ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.9/p533176.713.image a31512eee4940c6ba048a1b1878ac4fc UnixWare 7.1.4: ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.9/p533176.714.image 1b8fa986357036a8be043b642cc47e56 Provided and/or discovered by: Discovered by anonymous person and reported via iDEFENSE. Changelog: 2006-02-27: Added additional information from iDEFENSE. Original Advisory: SCO: ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.9/SCOSA-2006.9.txt iDEFENSE: http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=395

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