Local Privilege Escalation via Readable ELF Binaries in Linux Kernel

Local Privilege Escalation via Readable ELF Binaries in Linux Kernel

CVE-2004-1073 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The open_exec function in the execve functionality (exec.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.8, allows local users to read non-readable ELF binaries by using the interpreter (PT_INTERP) functionality.

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