Vulnerability in Bell Labs Plan 9
CVE-2007-1189
Integer overflow in the envwrite function in the Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs Plan 9 kernel allows local users to overwrite certain memory addresses with kernel memory via a large n argument, as demonstrated by (1) modifying the iseve function to gain privileges and (2) making the devpermcheck function grant unrestricted device permissions.
EPSS: 0.008 (51.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Bell_labs Plan_9
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit)