Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Expect 8.3.3 Packaging for Mandrake Linux 8.1

CVE-2001-0912 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Packaging error for expect 8.3.3 in Mandrake Linux 8.1 causes expect to search for its libraries in the /home/snailtalk directory before other directories, which could allow a local user to gain root privileges.

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