Sun Solaris 10.0 Process File System information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sun Solaris 10.0 (Operating System). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Process File System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Process File System (procfs) in Sun Solaris 10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as process working directories via unknown attack vectors, possibly pwdx.

The bug was discovered 10/12/2005. The weakness was disclosed 10/12/2005 with Sun Microsystems Inc. (Website). The advisory is shared for download at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-4701 since 02/01/2006. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 183 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19367 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 118822-30), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sunsolve.sun.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25268) and Tenable (19367). The entries 1811, 26593, 28021 and 41287 are pretty similar.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

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Remote: Partially

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 19367
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 118822-30
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: sunsolve.sun.com

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01/31/2005 🔍
08/02/2005 +183 days 🔍
10/12/2005 +71 days 🔍
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12/31/2005 +75 days 🔍
02/01/2006 +32 days 🔍
11/26/2009 +1394 days 🔍
07/04/2019 +3507 days 🔍

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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com
Researcher: http://www.sun.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-4701 (🔍)
X-Force: 25268
SecurityTracker: 1015053
Vulnerability Center: 24189 - Sun Solaris 10 procfs Local Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability via Unknown Vectors, Low
Secunia: 17157 - Sun Solaris Denial of Service and Exposure of Filenames, Not Critical
OSVDB: 19976 - Solaris Process File System (procfs) File Name Disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2005-2075

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Created: 10/17/2005 13:12
Updated: 07/04/2019 18:05
Changes: 10/17/2005 13:12 (79), 07/04/2019 18:05 (8)
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