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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Sun Solaris 8.0 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block in the library Xview of the component mailtool. The manipulation of the argument OPENWINHOME
as part of a Environment Variable leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Buffer overflow in the Xview library as used by mailtool in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain privileges via the OPENWINHOME environment variable.
The bug was discovered 05/29/2001. The weakness was published 08/14/2001 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0526. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 77 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6626).
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timeline
05/28/2001 🔍05/28/2001 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-0526 (🔍)
X-Force: 6626
Vulnerability Center: 20821 - Sun Solaris 8 and Prior Buffer Overflow in Xview Library Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 2787 - Solaris mailtool Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 5587 - Sun Solaris OS, Buffer Overflow in Mailtool
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 07/07/2014 18:06Updated: 08/27/2019 07:35
Changes: 07/07/2014 18:06 (68), 08/27/2019 07:35 (3)
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