Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-0767 - Unspecified vulnerability in Richard Gooch Simpleinit 2.0.2
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN richard-gooch
exploit available
Summary
simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Exploit-Db
| description | Richard Gooch SimpleInit 2.0.2 Open File Descriptor Vulnerability. CVE-2002-0767. Local exploit for linux platform |
| id | EDB-ID:21538 |
| last seen | 2016-02-02 |
| modified | 2002-06-12 |
| published | 2002-06-12 |
| reporter | Patrick Smith |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/21538/ |
| title | Richard Gooch SimpleInit 2.0.2 Open File Descriptor Vulnerability |