CVE-2008-0600
45Vexday Risk Score
Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Actepss 3.5%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDFeb 12
1st PoCFeb 9
VulnCheck+912d
exploitation probability
3.5%top 12% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
2 public exploit(s)
The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 2✓ VexDay Proof
cve_reference✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/5092exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/5093⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.htmlhttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120263652322197&w=2http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264520431307&w=2http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264773202422&w=2http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266328220808&w=2http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266353621139&w=2https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432229https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432517http://secunia.com/advisories/28835http://secunia.com/advisories/28858