Description
KisMAC before 0.05d trusts user-supplied variables to load arbitrary kernels or kernel modules, which allows local users to gain privileges via the $DRIVER_KEXT environment variable as used in (1) viha_driver.sh, (2) macjack_load.sh, or (3) airojack_load.sh, or (4) via "similar techniques" using exchangeKernel.sh.
References
- kismac-driverkext-load-modules(13007) vdb-entry
- kismac-exchangekernel-kernel-overwrite(13008) vdb-entry
- 8497 vdb-entry
- A082203-1 vendor-advisory