FKIE_CVE-2001-1029

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2001-09-20 04:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0173.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/6073
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8697
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0173.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/6073
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8697
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openbsd openssh 4.5
freebsd freebsd *
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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