Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-1553 - Local Security vulnerability in University of California Seti AT Home 3.03
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Buffer overflow in setiathome for SETI@home 3.03, if installed setuid, could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line options (1) socks_server, (2) socks_user, and (3) socks_passwd. NOTE: since the default configuration of setiathome is not setuid, perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |