Vulnerability in Michael Glickman Itetris
CVE-2001-0087
itetris/xitetris 1.6.2 and earlier trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the gunzip program, which allows local users to gain root privileges by changing their PATH so that it points to a malicious gunzip program.
EPSS: 0.009 (55.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Michael_glickman Itetris — versions 1.6.1, 1.6.2
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)