Vulnerability CVE-2002-0767
Published: 2002-08-12   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Richard gooch -> Simpleinit 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5001
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9357.php
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276739
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