WID-SEC-W-2025-2505

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Shadow: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Privilegieneskalation

view advisory published 2017-11-08

Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Shadow ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

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IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2017-12424UScritical9.8—
In shadow before 4.5, the newusers tool could be made to manipulate internal data structures in ways unintended by the authors. Malformed input may lead to crashes (with a buffer o…
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