EDB-22781

functional

Linux PAM 0.77 - Pam_Wheel Module 'getlogin() Username' Spoofing Privilege Escalation

view exploit source exploit_dbverifiedtype localauthor Karol Wiesekpublished 2003-06-16catalog exploit_db
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Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2003-0388USmedium4.6Exploit
pam_wheel in Linux-PAM 0.78, with the trust option enabled and the use_uid option disabled, allows local users to spoof log entries and gain privileges by causing getlogin() to ret…
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