Title : Debian Security Update Fixes Zabbix Privilege Escalation Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-4108 CVE ID : CVE-2007-6210
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-12-07
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Debian, which could be exploited by local attackers to gain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by an error in zabbix that does not properly drop privileges, which could allow a malicious user to execute "UserParameter" scripts with "root" privileges.
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