CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: the staprun runtime tool in systemtap 1.3 does not properly clear the environment before executing modprobe, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the modprobe_options environment variable to specify a malicious configuration file.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2010-12-07
Last Modified Date: 2019-04-19