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7.1	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Sun Solaris 5.4/5.5 (Operating System). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component ps Command. 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:

a race condition in the solaris ps command allows an attacker to overwrite critical files.

The weakness was presented 08/29/1995 by Scott Chasin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at osvdb.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-1999-0164. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. 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.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (420).

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Sun

Name

• Solaris

Version

• 5.4
• 5.5

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Temp Score: 7.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

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

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

08/14/1995 🔍
08/14/1995 +0 days 🔍
08/29/1995 +15 days 🔍
08/29/1995 +0 days 🔍
08/29/1995 +0 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +3145 days 🔍
06/17/2014 +3721 days 🔍
01/19/2016 +581 days 🔍
07/05/2018 +898 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: osvdb.org⛔
Researcher: Scott Chasin
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0164 (🔍)
X-Force: 420
Vulnerability Center: 55745 - Sun Solaris 1.0, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.4_x86 Local File-Overwrite and Privilege Escalation due to a Race Condition in ps Command, High
SecurityFocus: 80394 - SunOS CVE-1999-0164 Local Security Vulnerability
OSVDB: 8346 - Solaris ps Command Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite

Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 16:35
Updated: 07/05/2018 08:59
Changes: 06/17/2014 16:35 (54), 07/05/2018 08:59 (11)
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