CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.6
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: stack-based buffer overflow in the command_expand_interpret function in command.c in ppp (aka user-ppp), as distributed in freebsd 6.3 and 7.0, openbsd 4.1 and 4.2, and the net/userppp package for netbsd, allows local users to gain privileges via long commands containing "~" characters.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2008-03-09
Last Modified Date: 2017-08-08