EIP-2026-102974

PRE-CVE

RedHat Linux 5.0 - 'msgchk' Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102974. PoCs published by Cesar Tascon Alvarez.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a buffer overflow vulnerability in the msgchk utility shipped with RedHat Linux 5.0. It constructs a malicious buffer with NOP sleds and shellcode to execute arbitrary commands as root via the execve system call.

Description

RedHat Linux 5.0 - 'msgchk' Local Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Cesar Tascon Alvarez · clocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19305

This exploit demonstrates a buffer overflow vulnerability in the msgchk utility shipped with RedHat Linux 5.0. It constructs a malicious buffer with NOP sleds and shellcode to execute arbitrary commands as root via the execve system call.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: msgchk (RedHat Linux 5.0)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target system · msgchk utility installed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026