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ScramDisk 4 Linux Privilege Escalation Security Issues
Secunia Advisory: SA24903
Release Date: 2007-04-16
Last Update: 2007-04-18
Popularity: 6,193 views

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

Software:ScramDisk 4 Linux 1.x

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Description:
Two security issues have been reported in ScramDisk 4 Linux. These can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

1) ScramDisk 4 Linux does not properly restrict users from mounting containers that include SUID root files, which can be exploited to gain escalated privileges.

2) ScramDisk 4 Linux does not properly restrict users from mounting containers over system directories, which can be exploited to gain escalated privileges.

The security issues are reported in versions prior to 1.0-1

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