Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-1239. PoCs published by Texonet.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a PATH environment variable manipulation to trick a setuid root packager in QNX RTOS into executing a malicious 'cp' script, resulting in a root shell. The attack relies on the packager's failure to use absolute paths for system commands.
Description
QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.2.0 uses the PATH environment variable to find and execute the cp program while operating at raised privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to point to a malicious cp program.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a PATH environment variable manipulation to trick a setuid root packager in QNX RTOS into executing a malicious 'cp' script, resulting in a root shell. The attack relies on the packager's failure to use absolute paths for system commands.