Cactus shell-lock program allows users to retrieve original shell code
| cactus-shell-lock-retrieve-shell-code (3356) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Cactus shell-lock program allows users to retrieve or decode original shell code. A local attacker with read permissions to the target file could decode and retrieve the original shell code.
Platforms Affected:
- Digital, OSF 1.0
- Digital, OSF 2.0
- HP, HP-UX
- IBM, AIX
- Linux, Kernel
- SCO, SCO Unix
- SGI, IRIX
- Sun, Solaris
- Sun, SunOS
- WindRiver, BSDOS
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- @stake, Inc./L0pht Security Advisory 10/04/99, Cactus Software Shell-Lock at http://www.webproxy.com/research/advisories/1999/shell-lock.txt.
- CVE-1999-1540: shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) which allows attackers to easily decrypt and obtain the source code.
Reported:
Oct 04, 1999
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