Sun SunOS 4.1.3/4.1.3c Portmapper privileges management

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A vulnerability has been found in Sun SunOS 4.1.3/4.1.3c (Operating System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Portmapper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

the portmapper may act as a proxy and redirect service requests from an attacker making the request appear to come from the local host possibly bypassing authentication that would otherwise have taken place. for example nfs file systems could be mounted through the portmapper despite export restrictions.

The weakness was presented 06/04/1992. This vulnerability was named CVE-1999-0168. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11358 (NFS portmapper localhost Mount Request Restricted Host Access), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family RPC and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (80) and Tenable (11358). See 13650, 13649 and 13647 for similar entries.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

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Nessus ID: 11358
Nessus Name: NFS portmapper localhost Mount Request Restricted Host Access
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Vendor: oracle.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0168 (🔍)
X-Force: 80
Vulnerability Center: 644 - Portmapper Proxy Authentication Bypassing, High
SecurityFocus: 46 - SunOS portmap Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2014 15:30
Updated: 05/08/2019 00:26
Changes: 06/16/2014 15:30 (65), 05/08/2019 00:26 (2)
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