Description
scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when the operating system supports LD_PRELOAD mechanisms, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by creating a chroot directory in their home directory, hard linking to a system setuid application, and using a modified LD_PRELOAD to modify expected function calls in the setuid application.
Published: 2005-12-28
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-969-1 New scponly packages fix potential root vulnerability
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-4527 scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when the operating system supports LD_PRELOAD mechanisms, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by creating a chroot directory in their home directory, hard linking to a system setuid application, and using a modified LD_PRELOAD to modify expected function calls in the setuid application.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:46:05.538Z

Reserved: 2005-12-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4532

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-28T01:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4532

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