Description
Vulnerability in webtop in UnixWare 7.1.1 and Open UNIX 8.0.0 allows local and possibly remote attackers to gain root privileges via shell metacharacters in the -c argument for (1) in scoadminreg.cgi or (2) service_action.cgi.
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
- Caldera UnixWare 7.1.1 - WebTop 'SCOAdminReg.cgi' Arbitrary Command Execution EDB-21239 · local · Jan 20, 2002 · verified
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References
- unixware-webtop-execute-commands(7977) vdb-entry
- 20020120 Unixware 7.1.1 scoadminreg.cgi local exploit mailing-list
- 3936 vdb-entry