CVE-2004-0318

Load Sharing Facility 4.x-6.x - Privilege Escalation via LSF_EAUTH_UID Environment Variable

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-0318. PoCs published by Tomasz Grabowski.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Load Sharing Facility (LSF) eauth component by manipulating the LSF_EAUTH_UID environment variable to impersonate any user. It then sends crafted packets to the target daemon to execute commands as the impersonated user.

Description

Load Sharing Facility (LSF) 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x uses the LSF_EAUTH_UID environment variable, if it exists, instead of the real UID of the user, which could allow remote attackers within the local cluster to gain privileges.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Tomasz Grabowski · textlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23743

This exploit leverages a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Load Sharing Facility (LSF) eauth component by manipulating the LSF_EAUTH_UID environment variable to impersonate any user. It then sends crafted packets to the target daemon to execute commands as the impersonated user.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Load Sharing Facility (LSF) eauth component
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target system to set environment variables · Network access to the LSF daemon on port 6881
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107756600403557&w=2
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9724
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15278

Scores

EPSS 0.0424
EPSS Percentile 90.0%

Details

Status published
Products (5)
platform/lsf 4.0
platform/lsf 4.2
platform/lsf 5.0
platform/lsf 5.1
platform/lsf 6.0
Published Nov 23, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026