20000902 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - glibcmailing list
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.html CVE-2000-0844
Solaris/SPARC 2.7 / 7 locale - Format String
Record summary
CVE-2000-0844 has a selected CVSS score of 10.0; EIP currently links 11 catalogued exploits.
Description
Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 11
Proofs of concept
11Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBSolaris/SPARC 2.7 / 7 locale - Format StringExploitDB exploitby Solar EclipseNot analyzed1 file
ExploitDBRedHat 6 GLIBC/locale - Subsystem Format StringExploitDB exploitby warning3Not analyzed1 file
ExploitDBSolaris 2.6/7.0 /locale - Subsystem Format StringExploitDB exploitby warning3Not analyzed1 file
ExploitDBImmunix OS 6.2 - LC glibc format stringExploitDB exploitby Kil3r of Lam3rZNot analyzed1 file
ExploitDBSolaris 2.6/7.0 'eject' locale - Subsystem Format StringExploitDB exploitby warning3Not analyzed1 file
ExploitDBLibc locale - Local Privilege Escalation (1)ExploitDB exploitby Synnergy.netNot analyzed1 file
ExploitDBLibc locale - Local Privilege Escalation (2)ExploitDB exploitby anonymousNot analyzed1 file
ExploitDBGLIBC - '/bin/su' Local Privilege EscalationExploitDB exploitby localcoreNot analyzed1 file
ExploitDBSolaris 2.6/7.0 - 'locale' Format Strings noexec stack OverflowExploitDB exploitby warning3Not analyzed1 file
ExploitDBGLIBC locale - bug mountExploitDB exploitby sk8Not analyzed1 file
ExploitDBGLIBC locale - Format StringsExploitDB exploitby logikalNot analyzed1 file
References
1220000904 UNIX locale format string vulnerabilitymailing list
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0457.html IY13753Vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0427.html SSRT0689UVendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2000-q4/0000.html CSSA-2000-030.0Vendor advisory
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-030.0.txt 20000902 glibc: local root exploitVendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902 20000906 glibc locale security problemVendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.html RHSA-2000:057Vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-057.html 1634vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1634 TLSA2000020-1Vendor advisory
http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000020.html unix-locale-format-string(5176)vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5176 nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0844