CVEvulnerability
CVE-2003-1161
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2003-12-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
exit.c in Linux kernel 2.6-test9-CVS, as stored on kernel.bkbits.net, was modified to contain a backdoor, which could allow local users to elevate their privileges by passing __WCLONE|__WALL to the sys_wait4 function.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel 2.6 test9 cvs
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8987 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0311.0/0621.html www.ussg.iu.edu
- http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0311.0/0627.html Exploit
- http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0311.0/0630.html Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8987 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0311.0/0621.html www.ussg.iu.edu
- http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0311.0/0627.html Exploit
- http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0311.0/0630.html Exploit