Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-0979. PoCs published by Brock Tellier.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a UnixWare 7.1 privilege model vulnerability, allowing a local user to attach a debugger to a privileged process and escalate privileges. It generates a malicious shared object and sets environment variables to exploit the flaw.
Description
The SCO UnixWare privileged process system allows local users to gain root privileges by using a debugger such as gdb to insert traps into _init before the privileged process is executed.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a UnixWare 7.1 privilege model vulnerability, allowing a local user to attach a debugger to a privileged process and escalate privileges. It generates a malicious shared object and sets environment variables to exploit the flaw.