Description
The BSD profil system call allows a local user to modify the internal data space of a program via profiling and execve.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- NetBSD 1.4 / OpenBSD 2.5 / Solaris 7.0 - 'profil(2)' Modify The Internal Data Space EDB-19447 · local · Aug 9, 1999 · verified
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