Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-1514. PoCs published by grazer.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a vulnerability in Interbase's gds_lock_mgr, which is installed setuid and mishandles user-supplied umasks, allowing the creation of files with insecure permissions. The exploit creates a symbolic link to a sensitive file and modifies it to spawn a root shell via xinetd.
Description
gds_lock_mgr in Borland InterBase allows local users to overwrite files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on a "isc_init1.X" temporary file, as demonstrated by modifying the xinetdbd file.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a vulnerability in Interbase's gds_lock_mgr, which is installed setuid and mishandles user-supplied umasks, allowing the creation of files with insecure permissions. The exploit creates a symbolic link to a sensitive file and modifies it to spawn a root shell via xinetd.