CVE Database

NtImpersonateClientOfPort local procedure call in Windows NT 4.0 allows local users to gain privileges, aka "Spoofed LPC Port Request."

get_it program in Corel Linux Update allows local users to gain root access by specifying an alternate PATH for the cp program.

Netscape Navigator uses weak encryption for storing a user's Netscape mail password.

PowerScripts PlusMail CGI program allows remote attackers to execute commands via a password file with improper permissions.

IIS 4.0 allows a remote attacker to obtain the real pathname of the document root by requesting non-existent files with .ida or .idq extensions.

CyberCash Merchant Connection Kit (MCK) allows local users to modify files via a symlink attack.

MySQL allows local users to modify passwords for arbitrary MySQL users via the GRANT privilege.

Hotmail does not properly filter JavaScript code from a user's mailbox, which allows a remote attacker to execute the code by using hexadecimal codes to specify the javascript: protocol, e.g. jAvascript.

AIX techlibss allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Buffer overflow in ICQ 99b 1.1.1.1 client allows remote attackers to execute commands via a malformed URL within an ICQ message.

The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems authenticates by comparing the reverse-resolved hostname of the local machine to the hostname of the print server as returned by gethostname, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access controls by modifying the DNS for the attacking IP.

The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems allows local users to gain root privileges by causing sendmail to execute with arbitrary command line arguments, as demonstrated using the -C option to specify a configuration file.

Internet Explorer 5 does not modify the security zone for a document that is being loaded into a window until after the document has been loaded, which could allow remote attackers to execute Javascript in a different security context while the document is loading.

CuteFTP uses weak encryption to store password information in its tree.dat file.

Buffer overflow in Solaris chkperm command allows local users to gain root access via a long -n option.

Macros in War FTP 1.70 and 1.67b2 allow local or remote attackers to read arbitrary files or execute commands.

Network HotSync program in Handspring Visor does not have authentication, which allows remote attackers to retrieve email and files.

IMail IMONITOR status.cgi CGI script allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service with many calls to status.cgi.

Hotmail does not properly filter JavaScript code from a user's mailbox, which allows a remote attacker to execute code via the LOWSRC or DYNRC parameters in the IMG tag.

The DTML implementation in the Z Object Publishing Environment (Zope) allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities.

PHP3 with safe_mode enabled does not properly filter shell metacharacters from commands that are executed by popen, which could allow remote attackers to execute commands.

Cold Fusion CFCACHE tag places temporary cache files within the web document root, allowing remote attackers to obtain sensitive system information.

Microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS) IMAP server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed IMAP request.

Red Hat userhelper program in the usermode package allows local users to gain root access via PAM and a .. (dot dot) attack.

The Allaire Spectra Configuration Wizard allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by repeatedly resubmitting data collections for indexing via a URL.

The Allaire Spectra Webtop allows authenticated users to access other Webtop sections by specifying explicit URLs.

Buffer overflow in Winamp client allows remote attackers to execute commands via a long entry in a .pls file.

Red Hat Linux screen program does not use Unix98 ptys, allowing local users to write to other terminals.

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 4.0 via EMBED tag.

Buffer overflow in Netscape Enterprise Server and FastTrask Server allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long HTTP GET request.

KDE K-Mail allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in temporary user directories.

WebTV email client allows remote attackers to force the client to send email without the user's knowledge via HTML.

The June 1999 version of the HP-UX aserver program allows local users to gain privileges by specifying an alternate PATH which aserver uses to find the awk command.

The October 1998 version of the HP-UX aserver program allows local users to gain privileges by specifying an alternate PATH which aserver uses to find the ps and grep commands.

The Remote Access Service invoke.cfm template in Allaire Spectra 1.0 allows users to bypass authentication via the bAuthenticated parameter.

The recover program in Solstice Backup allows local users to restore sensitive files.

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD setlocale in the libc module allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PATH_LOCALE environment variable.

CascadeView TFTP server allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

IRIX soundplayer program allows local users to gain privileges by including shell metacharacters in a .wav file, which is executed via the midikeys program.

Buffer overflow in AnalogX SimpleServer:WWW HTTP server allows remote attackers to execute commands via a long GET request.

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in sendmail 5, as installed on Sun SunOS 4.1.3_U1 and 4.1.4, have unspecified attack vectors and impact. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-1999-0129.

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) server 4.0 SP4, without certain hotfixes released for SP4, does not require authentication credentials under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication requirements, as demonstrated by connecting via Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0.

Directory traversal vulnerability in Muhammad A. Muquit wwwcount (Count.cgi) 2.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary GIF files via ".." sequences in the image parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-0021.

Unspecified vulnerability in crontab in IBM AIX 3.2 allows local users to gain root privileges via unknown attack vectors.

Buffer overflow in nlps_server in Sun Solaris x86 2.4, 2.5, and 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a long string beginning with "NLPS:002:002:" to the listen (aka System V listener) port, TCP port 2766.

/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and values of arbitrary processes via the -e option.

loadmodule in SunOS 4.1.x, as used by xnews, does not properly sanitize its environment, which allows local users to gain privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1584.

The (1) rcS and (2) mountall programs in Sun Solaris 2.x, possibly before 2.4, start a privileged shell on the system console if fsck fails while the system is booting, which allows attackers with physical access to gain root privileges.

Unknown vulnerability in (1) loadmodule, and (2) modload if modload is installed with setuid/setgid privileges, in SunOS 4.1.1 through 4.1.3c, and Open Windows 3.0, allows local users to gain root privileges via environment variables, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1586.

The AMaViS virus scanner 0.2.0-pre4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root via an infected mail message with shell metacharacters in the reply-to field.