Description
IBM Network Station Manager NetStation allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.
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
- IBM Network Station Manager 2.0 R1 - Race Condition EDB-19697 · local · Dec 27, 1999 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ibm-netstat-race-condition(5381) vdb-entry
- 900 vdb-entry
- 19991227 IBM NetStation/UnixWare local root exploit mailing-list