CVE-2002-0767
simpleinit - Privilege Escalation via FIFO Descriptor Handling
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-0767. PoCs published by Patrick Smith.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a file descriptor inheritance vulnerability in simpleinit to execute arbitrary commands as root. It crafts a malicious command structure and writes it to /dev/initctl via an inherited file descriptor.
Description
simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a file descriptor inheritance vulnerability in simpleinit to execute arbitrary commands as root. It crafts a malicious command structure and writes it to /dev/initctl via an inherited file descriptor.