simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-07-26T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:48.747Z

Reserved: 2002-07-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-0767

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T20:28:53.833

Link: CVE-2002-0767

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