Guessable magic cookies in X Windows allows remote attackers to execute commands, e.g. through xterm.

Buffer overflow in syslog utility allows local or remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Telnet allows a remote client to specify environment variables including LD_LIBRARY_PATH, allowing an attacker to bypass the normal system libraries and gain root access.

Livingston portmaster machines could be rebooted via a series of commands.

Some configurations of NIS+ in Linux allowed attackers to log in as the user "+".

The ghostscript command with the -dSAFER option allows remote attackers to execute commands.

A race condition in the Solaris ps command allows an attacker to overwrite critical files.

SunOS sendmail 5.59 through 5.65 uses popen to process a forwarding host argument, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable and passing crafted values to the -oR option.

In Sendmail, attackers can gain root privileges via SMTP by specifying an improper "mail from" address and an invalid "rcpt to" address that would cause the mail to bounce to a program.

FormMail CGI program allows remote execution of commands.

In Cisco IOS 10.3, with the tacacs-ds or tacacs keyword, an extended IP access control list could bypass filtering.

AnyForm CGI remote execution.

rmmount in SunOS 5.7 may mount file systems without the nosuid flag set, contrary to the documentation and its use in previous versions of SunOS, which could allow local users with physical access to gain root privileges by mounting a floppy or CD-ROM that contains a setuid program and running volcheck, when the file systems do not have the nosuid option specified in rmmount.conf.

The SATAN session key may be disclosed if the user points the web browser to other sites, possibly allowing root access.

SGI Desktop Permissions Tool in IRIX 6.0.1 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions for arbitrary files and gain privileges.

Vulnerability in BSD Telnet client with encryption and Kerberos 4 authentication allows remote attackers to decrypt the session via sniffing.

Remote attackers can access mail files via POP3 in some Linux systems that are using shadow passwords.

Buffer overflow in NCSA WebServer (1.4.1 and below) gives remote access.

Buffer overflow in NCSA WebServer (version 1.5c) gives remote access.

Predictable TCP sequence numbers allow spoofing.

rpc.lockd in Red Hat Linux 6.1 and 6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed request.

Vulnerability in "at" program in SCO UNIX 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root access.

Vulnerability in login in SCO UNIX 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root access.

Vulnerability in prwarn in SCO UNIX 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root access.

Unspecified vulnerability in pt_chmod in SCO UNIX 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root access.