Privilege Escalation via ptrace Vulnerability

CVE-2001-1384 · HIGH Severity

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

ptrace in Linux 2.2.x through 2.2.19, and 2.4.x through 2.4.9, allows local users to gain root privileges by running ptrace on a setuid or setgid program that itself calls an unprivileged program, such as newgrp.

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