Buffer overflow in QuakeWorld 2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long initial connect packet.

Slackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read and write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the reply file.

Directory traversal vulnerability in pfdispaly.cgi program (sometimes referred to as "pfdisplay") for SGI's Performer API Search Tool (performer_tools) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

System Manager sysmgr GUI in SGI IRIX 6.4 and 6.3 allows remote attackers to execute commands by providing a trojan horse (1) runtask or (2) runexec descriptor file, which is used to execute a System Manager Task when the user's Mailcap entry supports the x-sgi-task or x-sgi-exec type.

HP OpenMail can be misconfigured to allow users to run arbitrary commands using malicious print requests.

A configuration in a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator allows execution of active content such as ActiveX, Java, Javascript, etc.

An account on a router, firewall, or other network device has a guessable password.

Nestea variation of teardrop IP fragmentation denial of service.

Buffer overflow in SMTP HELO command in Sendmail allows a remote attacker to hide activities.

Execute commands as root via buffer overflow in Tooltalk database server (rpc.ttdbserverd).

IRIX cdplayer allows local users to create directories in arbitrary locations via a command line option.

inetd in AIX 4.1.5 dynamically assigns a port N when starting ttdbserver (ToolTalk server), but also inadvertently listens on port N-1 without passing control to ttdbserver, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections to port N-1, which are not properly closed by inetd.

Attackers can cause a denial of service in Ascend MAX and Pipeline routers with a malformed packet to the discard port, which is used by the Java Configurator tool.

ndd in Solaris 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service by modifying certain TCP/IP parameters.

ifdhcpc-done script for configuring DHCP on Red Hat Linux 5 allows local users to append text to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the dhcplog file.

Buffer overflows in CDROM Confidence Test program (cdrom) allow local users to gain root privileges.

The NIS+ rpc.nisd server allows remote attackers to execute certain RPC calls without authentication to obtain system information, disable logging, or modify caches.

UDP messages to broadcast addresses are allowed, allowing for a Fraggle attack that can cause a denial of service by flooding the target.

A Unix account has a default, null, blank, or missing password.

Linux bdash game has a buffer overflow that allows local users to gain root access.

SunOS rpc.cmsd allows attackers to obtain root access by overwriting arbitrary files.

The info2www CGI script allows remote file access or remote command execution.

sadc in IBM AIX 4.1 through 4.3, when called from programs such as timex that are setgid adm, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Quake 2 server 3.13 on Linux does not properly check file permissions for the config.cfg configuration file, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink from config.cfg to the target file.

The WinGate telnet proxy allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections to localhost.