Richard Gooch » Simpleinit : Security Vulnerabilities, CVEs,
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.
Max CVSS
7.2
EPSS Score
0.11%
Published
2002-08-12
Updated
2008-09-05
1 vulnerabilities found