Buffer overflow in Solaris x86 mkcookie allows local users to obtain root access.

RealSystem G2 server stores the administrator password in cleartext in a world-readable configuration file, which allows local users to gain privileges.

fte-console in the fte package before 0.46b-4.1 does not drop root privileges, which allows local users to gain root access via the virtual console device.

Buffer overflow in bootpd on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux systems via a malformed header type.

Buffer overflow in Platinum Policy Compliance Manager (PCM) 7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long string to the Agent port (1827), which is handled by smaxagent.exe.

BNBSurvey survey.cgi program allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters.

BNBForm allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the automessage hidden form variable.

Hummingbird Exceed 6.0.1.0 inadvertently includes a DLL that was meant for development and testing, which logs user names and passwords in cleartext in the test.log file.

UnixWare uidadmin allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Buffer overflow in Solaris kcms_configure command allows local users to gain root access.

Buffer overflow in NetMeeting allows denial of service and remote command execution.

Linux PAM modules allow local users to gain root access using temporary files.

The LDAP bind function in Exchange 5.5 has a buffer overflow that allows a remote attacker to conduct a denial of service or execute commands.

Remote attackers can perform a denial of service using IRIX fcagent.

Denial of service in HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 related to accepting connections.

Internet Explorer 3.x to 4.01 allows a remote attacker to insert malicious content into a frame of another web site, aka frame spoofing.

Excite for Web Servers (EWS) 1.1 installs the Architext.conf authentication file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to gain access to Excite accounts by modifying the file.

Excite for Web Servers (EWS) 1.1 allows local users to gain privileges by obtaining the encrypted password from the world-readable Architext.conf authentication file and replaying the encrypted password in an HTTP request to AT-generated.cgi or AT-admin.cgi.

Excite for Web Servers (EWS) 1.1 records the first two characters of a plaintext password in the beginning of the encrypted password, which makes it easier for an attacker to guess passwords via a brute force or dictionary attack.

The installation of the fsp package 2.71-10 in Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 adds the anonymous FTP user without notifying the administrator, which could automatically enable anonymous FTP on some servers such as wu-ftp.