CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
0.4%
GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory.
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
gnu | findutils | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
gnu | findutils | 4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
slackware | slackware_linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
slackware | slackware_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |