QNX RTOS 4.25 - monitor Arbitrary File Modification



EKU-ID: 27006 CVE: CVE-2002-0793;OSVDB-12215 OSVDB-ID:
Author: Simon Ouellette Published: 2002-05-31 Verified: Verified
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4902/info

The QNX RTOS monitor utility is prone to an issue which may allow local attackers to modify arbitrary system files (such as /etc/passwd). monitor is installed setuid root by default.

The monitor -f command line option may be used by a local attacker to cause an arbitrary system file to be overwritten. Once overwritten, the attacker will gain ownership of the file.

monitor -f /etc/passwd