XFree86 xfs command is vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing local users to create files in restricted directories, possibly allowing them to gain privileges or cause a denial of service.

FrontPage Personal Web Server (PWS) allows remote attackers to read files via a .... (dot dot) attack.

Index Server 2.0 on IIS 4.0 stores physical path information in the ContentIndex\Catalogs subkey of the AllowedPaths registry key, whose permissions allows local and remote users to obtain the physical paths of directories that are being indexed.

The setup wizard (ie5setup.exe) for Internet Explorer 5.0 disables (1) the screen saver, which could leave the system open to users with physical access if a failure occurs during an unattended installation, and (2) the Task Scheduler Service, which might prevent the scheduled execution of security-critical programs.

Denial of service in "poll" in OpenBSD.

OpenSSL and SSLeay allow remote attackers to reuse SSL sessions and bypass access controls.

OpenBSD kernel crash through TSS handling, as caused by the crashme program.

XFree86 startx command is vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing local users to create files in restricted directories, possibly allowing them to gain privileges or cause a denial of service.

talkback in Netscape 4.5 allows a local user to kill an arbitrary process of another user whose Netscape crashes.

talkback in Netscape 4.5 allows a local user to overwrite arbitrary files of another user whose Netscape crashes.

suidperl in Linux Perl does not check the nosuid mount option on file systems, allowing local users to gain root access by placing a setuid script in a mountable file system, e.g. a CD-ROM or floppy disk.

In some cases, NetBSD 1.3.3 mount allows local users to execute programs in some file systems that have the "noexec" flag set.

During a reboot after an installation of Linux Slackware 3.6, a remote attacker can obtain root access by logging in to the root account without a password.

umapfs allows local users to gain root privileges by changing their uid through a malicious mount_umap program.

The screen saver in Windows NT does not verify that its security context has been changed properly, allowing attackers to run programs with elevated privileges.

Auto-update feature of Macromedia Shockwave 7 transmits a user's password and hard disk information back to Macromedia.

Vulnerability in Cisco 7xx series routers allows a remote attacker to cause a system reload via a TCP connection to the router's TELNET port.

The HTTP server in Cisco 7xx series routers 3.2 through 4.2 is enabled by default, which allows remote attackers to change the router's configuration.

64 bit Solaris 7 procfs allows local users to perform a denial of service.

Seapine Software TestTrack server allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (high CPU) via (1) TestTrackWeb.exe and (2) ttcgi.exe by connecting to port 99 and disconnecting without sending any data.

Buffer overflow in /usr/bin/write in Solaris 2.6 and 7 allows local users to gain privileges via a long string in the terminal name argument.

Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by spoofing ICMP redirect messages from a router, which causes Windows to change its routing tables.

Denial of service in SMTP applications such as Sendmail, when a remote attacker (e.g. spammer) uses many "RCPT TO" commands in the same connection.

Several startup scripts in SCO OpenServer Enterprise System v 5.0.4p, including S84rpcinit, S95nis, S85tcp, and S89nfs, are vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing a local user to gain root access.

The cancel command in Solaris 2.6 (i386) has a buffer overflow that allows local users to obtain root access.