Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0915 - Unspecified vulnerability in Berkeley Pmake

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
berkeley
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2001-11-21
Updated: 2016-10-18

Summary

Format string vulnerability in Berkeley parallel make (pmake) 2.1.33 and earlier allows a local user to gain root privileges via format specifiers in the check argument of a shell definition.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Berkeley
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionS.u.S.E 6.4/7.0/7.1/7.2 Berkeley Parallel Make Shell Definition Format String Vulnerability. CVE-2001-0915. Local exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:21158
last seen2016-02-02
modified2001-11-21
published2001-11-21
reporterIhaQueR@IRCnet
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/21158/
titleS.u.S.E 6.4/7.0/7.1/7.2 Berkeley Parallel Make Shell Definition Format String Vulnerability

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