Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0948 - Local ARGV Command Line Buffer Overflow vulnerability in IWConfig

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
wireless-tools
exploit available

Summary

Buffer overflow in iwconfig allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Exploit-Db

descriptionWireless Tools 26 (iwconfig) Local Root Exploit (some setuid). CVE-2003-0947,CVE-2003-0948. Local exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:1215
last seen2016-01-31
modified2005-09-14
published2005-09-14
reporterQnix
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/1215/
titleWireless Tools 26 iwconfig Local Root Exploit some setuid