CVE-2001-0873
Taylor UUCP - Privilege Escalation via uuxqt Long Option Injection
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2001-0873. PoCs published by zen-parse.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a privilege escalation vulnerability in Taylor UUCP by manipulating the --config flag to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges (uucp). It involves creating a malicious configuration file and a command file, then using uux to execute the commands via uuxqt.
Description
uuxqt in Taylor UUCP package does not properly remove dangerous long options, which allows local users to gain privileges by calling uux and specifying an alternate configuration file with the --config option.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a privilege escalation vulnerability in Taylor UUCP by manipulating the --config flag to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges (uucp). It involves creating a malicious configuration file and a command file, then using uux to execute the commands via uuxqt.