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UnixWare / Open UNIX ppptalk Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

UnixWare and Open UNIX are operating systems maintained by Caldera Systems.

A vulnerability has been reported in the version of ppptalk included with some versions of Caldera UnixWare and Open UNIX. A malicious local user may be able to exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the vulnerable system. By default, ppptalk runs suid root.







 

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