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A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 2.4/2.5 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component pcnfsd. The manipulation as part of a RPC Call leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
pcnfsd (aka rpc.pcnfsd) allows local users to change file permissions or execute arbitrary commands through arguments in the rpc call.
The weakness was released 04/18/1996. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0078. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 581. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 625.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (415). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 13732.
Affected
- Sun Solaris 2.4/2.5/4.0
- IBM AIX 3.2/4.1/4.2
Product
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Support
- end of life
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8
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VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Snort ID: 581
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-RPC portmap pcnfsd request UDP
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Timeline
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06/17/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: oracle.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-0078 (🔍)
X-Force: 415
Vulnerability Center: 650 - RPC.pcnfsd Allows Local File Permission Elevation, Critical
SecurityFocus: 5378 - Multiple Vendor PCNFSD Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 06/17/2014 17:00Updated: 05/08/2019 06:30
Changes: 06/17/2014 17:00 (65), 05/08/2019 06:30 (2)
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