Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-0388. PoCs published by Dr. Mudge.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a local privilege escalation vulnerability in DataLynx's suGuard program due to insecure /tmp usage and poor programming practices. It manipulates the PATH environment variable to execute a malicious 'ps' script, which creates a root-owned SUID shell.
Description
DataLynx suGuard trusts the PATH environment variable to execute the ps command, allowing local users to execute commands as root.
Exploits (1)
This exploit targets a local privilege escalation vulnerability in DataLynx's suGuard program due to insecure /tmp usage and poor programming practices. It manipulates the PATH environment variable to execute a malicious 'ps' script, which creates a root-owned SUID shell.