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SCO OpenServer 5.0.6 (and possibly earlier versions) ships with a suid 'bin' executable called 'recon'. 'recon' is used to buffer and forward escape sequences from a user's input to timing-sensitive applications. 'recon' contains a locally exploitable buffer overflow condition present in the handling of command-line parameters. If properly exploited, this can yield user 'bin' privileges to the attacker.

SCO OpenServer 5.0.6 (and possibly earlier versions) ships with a suid 'bin' executable called 'recon'. 'recon' is used to buffer and forward escape sequences from a user's input to timing-sensitive applications. 'recon' contains a locally exploitable buffer overflow condition present in the handling of command-line parameters. If properly exploited, this can yield user 'bin' privileges to the attacker.