Micah Software Full Armor Network Configurator and Zero Administration allow local users with physical access to bypass the desktop protection by (1) using <CTRL><ALT><DEL> and kill the process using the task manager, (2) booting the system from a separate disk, or (3) interrupting certain processes that execute while the system is booting.

In IIS, remote attackers can obtain source code for ASP files by appending "::$DATA" to the URL.

SGI mediad program allows local users to gain root access.

A Unix account has a guessable password.

An account on a router, firewall, or other network device has a default, null, blank, or missing password.

xosview 1.5.1 in Red Hat 5.1 allows local users to gain root access via a long HOME environmental variable.

Vulnerability in (1) diskalign and (2) diskperf in IRIX 6.4 patches 2291 and 2848 allow a local user to create root-owned files leading to a root compromise.

Vulnerability in (1) diskperf and (2) diskalign in IRIX 6.4 allows local attacker to create arbitrary root owned files, leading to root privileges.

Buffer overflow in BNU UUCP daemon (uucpd) through long hostnames.

Buffer overflow in kscreensaver in KDE klock allows local users to gain root privileges via a long HOME environmental variable.

Vulnerability in man.sh CGI script, included in May 1998 issue of SysAdmin Magazine, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Buffer overflows in Sun libnsl allow root access.

Check Point Firewall-1 does not properly handle certain restricted keywords (e.g., Mail, auth, time) in user-defined objects, which could produce a rule with a default "ANY" address and result in access to more systems than intended by the administrator.

US Robotics/3Com Total Control Chassis with Frame Relay between 3.6.22 and 3.7.24 does not properly enforce access filters when the "set host prompt" setting is made for a port, which allows attackers to bypass restrictions by providing the hostname twice at the "host: " prompt.

The Motorola CableRouter allows any remote user to connect to and configure the router on port 1024.

A memory leak in a Motorola CableRouter allows remote attackers to conduct a denial of service via a large number of telnet connections.

Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 running WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a flood of malformed packets, which causes the server to slow down and fill the event logs with error messages.

Solaris 2.6 HW3/98 installs admintool with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing it with a Trojan horse program.

Vulnerability in Advanced File System Utility (advfs) in Digital UNIX 4.0 through 4.0d allows local users to gain privileges.

SGI IRIX buffer overflow in xterm and Xaw allows root access.