Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-1999-0405. PoCs published by Zhodiac, c0nd0r.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in lsof 4.04 when run setuid root or setgid kmem. It uses a classic stack-based overflow with NOP sleds and shellcode to spawn a root shell.
Description
A buffer overflow in lsof allows local users to obtain root privilege.
Exploits (2)
This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in lsof 4.04 when run setuid root or setgid kmem. It uses a classic stack-based overflow with NOP sleds and shellcode to spawn a root shell.
This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in lsof (CVE-1999-0405) to achieve local privilege escalation. It overflows a buffer with a crafted payload containing NOPs and shellcode to spawn a root shell at /tmp/sh.