[Full-disclosure] QFTP (LIBFtp 3.1-1) (command line) sprintf() local buffer overflow

[starcadi starcadi]

i know but the security argument in general term comprise too this type.

2007/3/16, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu>:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:12:50 BST, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Knud_Erik_H=F8jgaard?= said:
> > On 3/15/07, starcadi starcadi <starcadi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > >> POC
> > yes, piece of crap. Who cares about local overflows in non-suid applications?
>
> It can be interesting if you can find a way to get some *other* user to
> run the application - so if you can find a web server that has a CGI that
> invokes QFTP (or whatever) with attacker-controlled parameters, you can use
> that to pwn the webserver.  Basically, you need to be able to leverage the
> distinction between "yourself" and "the userid executing the program".
>
>


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~ starcadi