CVE-2001-1029 | BDVDB-2026-6764 Detail

Description#

libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0173.html
http://www.osvdb.org/6073
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8697

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12004-09-01Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.