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TITLE:
MyTV/x Privilege Escalation Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27802

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27802/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
MyTV/x 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/16812/
MyTV/x 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/16813/

DESCRIPTION:
David Wharton has reported a security issue in MyTV/x, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The problem is that pressing the "Power" button on the channel
changer included in MyTV.PVR launches MyTV/x with root privileges.
This can be exploited to gain access to certain system menus.

The security issue is reported in MyTV/x versions 3.6.6 and 4.0.8.
Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to the system and the channel
changer.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
David Wharton

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