wicd Privilege Escalation 0day exploit for Backtrack 5 R2

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wicd Privilege Escalation 0day exploit for Backtrack 5 R2
A vulnerability was found in the current Backtrack 5 R2 version of the "Wicd" ( Wireless Interface Connection Daemon) software, where several design flaws have been found culminating in privilege escalation exploit. [1] To address this vulnerability, Wicd 1.7.2 was released to patch this vulnerability (CVE-2012-2095) as well as several other fixes have been included in this update. The list of fixes is available here and the latest tarball can be downloaded here. [1] http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html [2] https://launchpad.net/wicd/+announcement/9888 [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/979221 [4] https://launchpad.net/wicd/1.7/1.7.2/+download/wicd-1.7.2.tar.gz ----------- Guy Bruneau IPSS Inc. gbruneau at isc dot sans dot edu	Guy 475 Posts ISC Handler Apr 12th 2012
Subscribe	Apr 12th 2012 8 years ago
Perspective and clarity on the issue: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49411	ovid 1 Posts
Quote	Apr 12th 2012 8 years ago
Should probably set the threat level Yellow.	ovid 1 Posts
Quote	Apr 12th 2012 8 years ago