Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-0579

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
william-deich
debian
nessus
NVD
Published: 2004-08-06
Updated: 2017-07-11

Summary

Format string vulnerability in super before 3.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
William_Deich
5
OS
Debian
12

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-522.NASL
descriptionMax Vozeler discovered a format string vulnerability in super, a program to allow specified users to execute commands with root privileges. This vulnerability could potentially be exploited by a local user to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id15359
published2004-09-29
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15359
titleDebian DSA-522-1 : super - format string vulnerability

References