Michael Bischoff: >> Xsok Security Vulnerabilities
Multiple buffer overflows in xsok 1.02 allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a long LANG environment variable, or (2) a long -xsokdir command line argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0949.
CVSS Score
4.6
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2004-02-17
xsok 1.02 does not properly drop privileges before finding and executing the "gunzip" program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.
CVSS Score
4.6
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2004-02-03