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Maped in LuxMan 0.41 uses the user-provided search path to find and execute the gzip program, which allows local users to modify /dev/mem and gain privileges via a modified PATH environment variable that points to a Trojan horse gzip program

Published Sep 1, 2004

Description

Maped in LuxMan 0.41 uses the user-provided search path to find and execute the gzip program, which allows local users to modify /dev/mem and gain privileges via a modified PATH environment variable that points to a Trojan horse gzip program.

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Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 1, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Nov 1, 2002
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a