ucbmail allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters that are passed to it from INN.
Buffer overflow in Xt library of X Windowing System allows local users to execute commands with root privileges.
Buffer overflow in libsocks5 library of Socks 5 (socks5) 1.0r5 allows local users to gain privileges via long environmental variables.
InfoCage SiteShell series (Host type SiteShell for IIS V1.4, V1.5, and V1.6, Host type SiteShell for IIS prior to revision V2.0.0.6, V2.1.0.7, V2.1.1.6, V3.0.0.11, V4.0.0.6, V4.1.0.5, and V4.2.0.1, Host type SiteShell for Apache Windows V1.4, V1.5, and V1.6, and Host type SiteShell for Apache Windows prior to revision V2.0.0.6, V2.1.0.7, V2.1.1.6, V3.0.0.11, V4.0.0.6, V4.1.0.5, and V4.2.0.1) allow authenticated attackers to bypass access restriction and to execute arbitrary code with an elevated privilege via a specially crafted executable files.
The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.