CVE-2014-0748

apinit on Cray devices with CLE before 4.2.UP02 and 5.x before 5.1.UP00 does not use alpsauth data to validate the UID in a launch message, which allows local users to gain privileges via a modified aprun program, aka ID FN5912.

Date published : 2014-12-26

https://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/advisories/2014/01/31/cray-aprunapinit-privilege-escalation/