Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier allows local users to install arbitrary RPM packages by creating the /tmp/helix-install installation directory before root has begun installing packages.

The FSserial, FlagShip_c, and FlagShip_p programs in the FlagShip package are installed world-writeable, which allows local users to replace them with Trojan horses.

news.cgi in GWScripts News Publisher does not properly authenticate requests to add an author to the author index, which allows remote attackers to add new authors by directly posting an HTTP request to the new.cgi program with an addAuthor parameter, and setting the Referer to the news.cgi program.

VariCAD 7.0 is installed with world-writeable files, which allows local users to replace the VariCAD programs with a Trojan horse program.

A race condition in MandrakeUpdate allows local users to modify RPM files while they are in the /tmp directory before they are installed.

GoodTech FTP server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of RNTO commands.

WorldClient email client in MDaemon 2.8 includes the session ID in the referer field of an HTTP request when the user clicks on a URL, which allows the visited web site to hijack the session ID and read the user's email.

DiskCheck script diskcheck.pl in Red Hat Linux 6.2 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

umb-scheme 3.2-11 for Red Hat Linux is installed with world-writeable files.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat 4.05, Reader, Business Tools, and Fill In products that handle PDF files allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long /Registry or /Ordering specifier.

Linux Intrusion Detection System (LIDS) 0.9.7 allows local users to gain root privileges when LIDS is disabled via the security=0 boot option.

Netscape Communicator does not properly prevent a ServerSocket object from being created by untrusted entities, which allows remote attackers to create a server on the victim's system via a malicious applet, as demonstrated by Brown Orifice.

The shtml.exe component of Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions 1.1 allows remote attackers to determine the physical path of the server components by requesting an invalid URL whose name includes a standard DOS device name.

The shtml.exe component of Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions 1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in some components by requesting a URL whose name includes a standard DOS device name.

Buffer overflow in Pragma Systems TelnetServer 2000 version 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long series of null characters to the rexec port.

PCCS MySQLDatabase Admin Tool Manager 1.2.4 and earlier installs the file dbconnect.inc within the web root, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as the administrative password.

Buffer overflows in ntop running in web mode allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

ntop running in web mode allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Buffer overflow in SGI Omron WorldView Wnn allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via long JS_OPEN, JS_MKDIR, or JS_FILE_INFO commands.

suidperl (aka sperl) does not properly cleanse the escape sequence "~!" before calling /bin/mail to send an error report, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the "interactive" environmental variable and calling suidperl with a filename that contains the escape sequence.

The net.init rc script in HP-UX 11.00 (S008net.init) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack that points from /tmp/stcp.conf to the targeted file.

The wrapper program in mailman 2.0beta3 and 2.0beta4 does not properly cleanse untrusted format strings, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Cisco Gigabit Switch Routers (GSR) with Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet cards, from IOS versions 11.2(15)GS1A up to 11.2(19)GS0.2 and some versions of 12.0, do not properly handle line card failures, which allows remote attackers to bypass ACLs or force the interface to stop forwarding packets.

Format string vulnerability in ftpd in HP-UX 10.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via format strings in the PASS command.

Minicom 1.82.1 and earlier on some Linux systems allows local users to create arbitrary files owned by the uucp user via a symlink attack.