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Debian update for lv
Secunia Advisory: SA8795
Release Date: 2003-05-16
Popularity: 7,259 views

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

OS:Debian GNU/Linux 2.x
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Debian has issued an update for lv to fix a privilege escalation vulnerability.

The problem is that lv reads and interprets the ".lv" file from the current directory. This allows malicious local users to create a ".lv" file in a diretory which will execute commands when browsed with lv. This could be exploited to escalate privileges.

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