Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-0817. PoCs published by gobbles.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a format string vulnerability in the 'super' command (version 3.18) due to improper use of syslog(). It allows local privilege escalation by corrupting memory via format specifiers, targeting the .dtors section to overwrite arbitrary memory locations.
Description
Format string vulnerability in super for Linux allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a format string vulnerability in the 'super' command (version 3.18) due to improper use of syslog(). It allows local privilege escalation by corrupting memory via format specifiers, targeting the .dtors section to overwrite arbitrary memory locations.