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Nortel Net Direct Client for Linux Privilege Escalation
Secunia Advisory: SA24231
Release Date: 2007-02-21
Last Update: 2007-03-02
Popularity: 7,029 views

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

Software:Nortel Net Direct Client for Linux 6.x

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Description:
Jon Hart has reported a vulnerability in Net Direct Client for Linux, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused by a combination of insecure permissions and a race condition when downloading and executing client binaries. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges when a user uses the VPN client.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 6.0.1 through 6.0.3.

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