Sun Solaris up to 8.0 LPD Service privileges management ⚔ [Disputed]

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Sun Solaris up to 8.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component LPD Service. The manipulation leads to privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1583. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Sun Solaris up to 8.0 (Operating System). This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component LPD Service. 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:

lpd daemon (in.lpd) in Solaris 8 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a job request with a crafted control file that is not properly handled when lpd invokes a mail program. NOTE: this might be the same vulnerability as CVE-2000-1220.

The weakness was disclosed 08/31/2001 by ron1n with Shell (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-1583 since 09/23/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/06/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl Module and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at metasploit.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11513 (Solaris in.lpd Crafted Job Request Arbitrary Remote Command Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 3527. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3468.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7087), Exploit-DB (1167), Tenable (11513), SecurityFocus (BID 3274†) and OSVDB (15131†). The entry VDB-17901 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 11513
Nessus Name: Solaris in.lpd Crafted Job Request Arbitrary Remote Command Execution
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MetaSploit ID: sendmail_exec.rb
MetaSploit Name: Solaris LPD Command Execution
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 3527
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12/31/2001 +122 days 🔍
04/03/2003 +458 days 🔍
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03/31/2005 +608 days 🔍
09/23/2007 +906 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +2483 days 🔍
01/06/2025 +3832 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: ron1n
Organization: Shell
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2001-1583 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1583
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17902
X-Force: 7087
SecurityFocus: 3274 - Solaris lpd Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 15131 - Solaris in.lpd Crafted Job Request Arbitrary Remote Command Execution
Vulnerability Center: 1541 - Solaris lpd Daemon Environment Error Allows Arbitrary Code Execution, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:34
Updated: 01/06/2025 04:11
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:34 (77), 05/10/2019 23:43 (10), 01/06/2025 04:11 (18)
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