CVE-2026-29123
Local Privilege Escalation via SUID Binary in IDC SFX
Publication date: 2026-03-05
Last updated on: 2026-03-11
Assigner: Gridware
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| datacast | sfx2100_firmware | * |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-269 | The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability involves a SUID root-owned binary located at /home/xd/terminal/XDTerminal in the International Data Casting (IDC) SFX2100 software on Linux systems. A local attacker can exploit this binary to escalate their privileges to root by abusing certain system conditions. The exploitation methods include PATH hijacking, symlink abuse, or shared object hijacking, which allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
If exploited, this vulnerability can allow a local attacker to gain root-level access on the affected system. This means the attacker could perform any action on the system with full administrative privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized data access, system modification, or disruption of services.
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