CVE-2008-1845
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 16, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 16, 2008
Description
The Korn shell (aka mksh) before R33d on MirOS (aka MirBSD) does not flush the tty's I/O when invoking mksh in a new terminal, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a virtual terminal and entering command sequences, which might later be executed in opportunistic circumstances by a different user who launches mksh and specifies that terminal with the -T option.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 44365vdb-entry
- 28768vdb-entry
- 29803third-party-advisory
- mirbsd-tty-privilege-escalation(41794)vdb-entry
- http://www.mirbsd.org/mksh.htm#clog
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