Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-0666. PoCs published by Christophe Devine.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a PaX memory protection bypass (CVE-2005-0666) to achieve local privilege escalation by manipulating VMA mappings and executing shellcode via a cloned process. It targets systems with grsecurity patches and requires specific memory layout conditions.
Description
Unknown vulnerability in PaX from the September 2003 release to 2.2 before 2005.03.05, related to SEGMEXEC or RANDEXEC and VMA mirroring, allows local users and possibly remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary code.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a PaX memory protection bypass (CVE-2005-0666) to achieve local privilege escalation by manipulating VMA mappings and executing shellcode via a cloned process. It targets systems with grsecurity patches and requires specific memory layout conditions.