CVE-1999-0768
Red Hat Linux - Buffer Overflow via MAILTO Environmental Variable
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-1999-0768. PoCs published by Akke, jbowie.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a local buffer overflow in Vixie cron's cron_popen() function via the MAILTO environment variable. It executes arbitrary shellcode to create a backdoor root account with a predefined password.
Description
Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron on Red Hat systems via the MAILTO environmental variable.
Exploits (2)
This exploit targets a local buffer overflow in Vixie cron's cron_popen() function via the MAILTO environment variable. It executes arbitrary shellcode to create a backdoor root account with a predefined password.
This exploit targets a local buffer overflow in Vixie cron (CVE-1999-0768) via the MAILTO environment variable. It overwrites the return address with shellcode to execute arbitrary commands, leading to a root shell by exploiting the setuid binary.