Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0916 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Berkeley Parallel Make

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

Summary

Buffer overflow in Berkeley parallel make (pmake) 2.1.33 and earlier allows a local user to gain root privileges via a long 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 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVE-2001-0916. Local exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:21159
last seen2016-02-02
modified2001-11-21
published2001-11-21
reporterIhaQueR@IRCnet
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/21159/
titleS.u.S.E 6.4/7.0/7.1/7.2 Berkeley Parallel Make Buffer Overflow Vulnerability