cve/2003/CVE-2003-0501.md

CVE-2003-0501

Description

The /proc filesystem in Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information by opening various entries in /proc/self before executing a setuid program, which causes the program to fail to change the ownership and permissions of those entries.

POC

Reference

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105621758104242
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-239.html

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