EDB-6851

functional

Linux Kernel < 2.6.22 - 'ftruncate()'/'open()' Local Privilege Escalation

view exploit source exploit_dbverifiedtype localauthor gat3waypublished 2008-10-27catalog exploit_db
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Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2008-4210USmedium4.6Exploit
fs/open.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a dif…
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