Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-1490. PoCs published by Chris Evans.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in xosview 1.5.1 by overflowing the HOME environment variable. It uses a standard stack-based overflow technique with NOP sleds and shellcode to execute arbitrary code, gaining root access locally.
Description
xosview 1.5.1 in Red Hat 5.1 allows local users to gain root access via a long HOME environmental variable.
Exploits (1)
This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in xosview 1.5.1 by overflowing the HOME environment variable. It uses a standard stack-based overflow technique with NOP sleds and shellcode to execute arbitrary code, gaining root access locally.