Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-0433. PoCs published by Stealthf0rk.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a symlink vulnerability in XFree86 3.3.3 to overwrite the /usr/bin/login binary with a malicious version, granting root access. It creates a symlink in /tmp/.X11-unix pointing to /usr/bin/login, then triggers X11 to follow the symlink and overwrite the target file.
Description
XFree86 startx command is vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing local users to create files in restricted directories, possibly allowing them to gain privileges or cause a denial of service.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a symlink vulnerability in XFree86 3.3.3 to overwrite the /usr/bin/login binary with a malicious version, granting root access. It creates a symlink in /tmp/.X11-unix pointing to /usr/bin/login, then triggers X11 to follow the symlink and overwrite the target file.