iDefense Security Advisory 02.07.06 - Local exploitation of a design vulnerability in QNX Software Systems QNX Realtime Operating System (RTOS) allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The problem specifically exists because QNX RTOS 6.3.0 ships with world writable permissions on the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local. iDefense has confirmed the existence of this vulnerability in QNX RTOS version 6.3.0. Version 6.0 was also tested and found to not be vulnerable.
iDefense Security Advisory 02.07.06 - Local exploitation of a design vulnerability in QNX Software Systems QNX Realtime Operating System (RTOS) allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The problem specifically exists because QNX RTOS 6.3.0 ships with world writable permissions on the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local. iDefense has confirmed the existence of this vulnerability in QNX RTOS version 6.3.0. Version 6.0 was also tested and found to not be vulnerable.