Description
Race condition in the creation of a Unix domain socket in GNOME esound 0.2.19 and earlier allows a local user to change the permissions of arbitrary files and directories, and gain additional 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
- GNOME esound 0.2.19 - Unix Domain Socket Race Condition EDB-20212 · local · Aug 31, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1659 vdb-entry
- gnome-esound-symlink(5213) vdb-entry
- MDKSA-2000:051 vendor-advisory
- 20001008 esound: race condition vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2000:077 vendor-advisory
- 20001012 esound daemon race condition vendor-advisory
- FreeBSD-SA-00:45 vendor-advisory
- 20001006 Immunix OS Security Update for esound mailing-list
- 20000911 Patch for esound-0.2.19 mailing-list