Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in LAM Runtime Environment Package on Mandrake Linux

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in LAM Runtime Environment Package on Mandrake Linux

CVE-2005-1379 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The LAM runtime environment package (lam-runtime-7.0.6-2mdk) on Mandrake Linux installs the mpi user without a password, which allows local users to gain privileges.

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