Description
scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when the operating system supports LD_PRELOAD mechanisms, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by creating a chroot directory in their home directory, hard linking to a system setuid application, and using a modified LD_PRELOAD to modify expected function calls in the setuid application.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.2/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18223Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18236
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18829
- http://sublimation.org/scponly/#relnotes
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-969
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-17.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16051
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23874
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18223Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18236
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18829
- http://sublimation.org/scponly/#relnotes
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-969
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-17.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16051
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23874
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 28, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified