EIP-2026-114753

PRE-CVE

IBM U2 UniVerse 10.0.0.9 - 'uvrestore' Buffer Overflow (PoC)

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-114753. PoCs published by kf.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The writeup describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the uvrestore binary (installed with suid root privileges) due to lack of bounds checking on command-line arguments. The provided GDB output demonstrates a segmentation fault caused by a long string of 'A's, indicating potential for local privilege escalation.

Description

IBM U2 UniVerse 10.0.0.9 - 'uvrestore' Buffer Overflow (PoC)

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by kf · textdosunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22918

The writeup describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the uvrestore binary (installed with suid root privileges) due to lack of bounds checking on command-line arguments. The provided GDB output demonstrates a segmentation fault caused by a long string of 'A's, indicating potential for local privilege escalation.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: UniVerse uvrestore binary (version 10.0.0.9 and likely prior)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Presence of vulnerable uvrestore binary with suid root privileges
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026