rcp on various Linux systems including Red Hat 4.0 allows a "nobody" user or other user with UID of 65535 to overwrite arbitrary files, since 65535 is interpreted as -1 by chown and other system calls, which causes the calls to fail to modify the ownership of the file.

Vulnerability in ftpd/kftpd in HP-UX 10.x and 9.x allows local and possibly remote users to gain root privileges.

The view-source CGI program allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

HP-UX vgdisplay program gives root access to local users.

The Sun sdtcm_convert calendar utility for OpenWindows has a buffer overflow which can gain root access.

IRIX startmidi program allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Certain files in MPower in HP-UX 10.x are installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges.

MIME conversion buffer overflow in sendmail versions 8.8.3 and 8.8.4.

Talkd, when given corrupt DNS information, can be used to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Buffer overflow in Solaris getopt in libc allows local users to gain root privileges via a long argv[0].

wu-ftp allows files to be overwritten via the rnfr command.

Vulnerability in chsh command in HP-UX 9.X through 10.20 allows local users to gain privileges.

Csetup under IRIX allows arbitrary file creation or overwriting.

Vulnerability in Glance programs in GlancePlus for HP-UX 10.20 and earlier allows local users to access arbitrary files and gain privileges.

Vulnerability in dtlogin and dtsession in HP-UX 10.20 and 10.10 allows local users to bypass authentication and gain privileges.

Arbitrary file creation and program execution using FLEXlm LicenseManager, from versions 4.0 to 5.0, in IRIX.

movemail in HP-UX 10.20 has insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges.

netprint in SGI IRIX 6.4 and earlier trusts the PATH environmental variable for finding and executing the disable program, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Remote access in AIX innd 1.5.1, using control messages.

In older versions of Sendmail, an attacker could use a pipe character to execute root commands.