Tracker / CVE-2012-0056
CVE-2012-0056
Medium 6.9
The mem_write function in the Linux kernel before 3.2.2, when ASLR is disabled, does not properly check permissions when writing to /proc/<pid>/mem, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying process memory, as demonstrated by Mempodipper.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel · 2.6.39 → 3.0.18 |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.1 → 3.2.2 |
Analysis
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