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[1/5] ELinks "add_filename_to_string()" Privilege Escalation - Omniscient - May 8, 2007

Arnaud Giersch has reported a weakness in ELinks, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.


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Posted at http://secunia.com/advisories/25169/


* - Sk¡ttles - Jun 8, 2011

Bumped lol ur welcome :) hope i helped


* - Burn Notice - Jun 8, 2011

(Jun 8, 2011 12:14 AM)Ziox Wrote:  Bumped lol ur welcome :) hope i helped

Do you suffer from some sort of mental illness?


* - Technical Support - Jun 8, 2011

Thanks for this Omniscient. I will check my desktop when I get home.


* - Mr Kewl - Jun 8, 2011

(Jun 8, 2011 12:14 AM)Ziox Wrote:  Bumped lol ur welcome :) hope i helped

OMG!! You are great you bumbed a 3year old thread.