Sun SunOS 5.3/5.4/5.5/5.5.1 at Utility memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Sun SunOS 5.3/5.4/5.5/5.5.1 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component at Utility. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

command execution in sun systems via buffer overflow in the at program.

The weakness was presented 06/12/1997. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0033. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 83094), X-Force (447) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56667).

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  • IBM AIX
  • SGI IRIX
  • SCO Unixware
  • Sun SunOS 5.3/5.4/5.5/5.5.1

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

VulDB Base Score: 9.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfoedit

Vendor: https://www.oracle.com/sun/

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0033 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 83094 - SunOS CVE-1999-0033 Local Security Vulnerability
X-Force: 447
Vulnerability Center: 56667 - SunOS 5.4.0, 5.3.0, 5.5.1 and 5.5.0 Local Code Execution Vulnerability, High

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Created: 06/18/2014 11:43 AM
Updated: 08/23/2018 08:14 AM
Changes: (2) source_securityfocus_date source_securityfocus_class
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