VDB-28103 · CVE-2005-4796 · BID 13016

Sun Solaris up to 10.0 unknown vulnerability

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A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris up to 10.0 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the XView library (libxview.so) in Solaris 2.5 to 10 allows local users to corrupt files via unknown vectors related to the handling of the clipboard selection while an XView application exits.

The bug was discovered 04/01/2005. The weakness was presented 12/31/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4796 since 05/05/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 123 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19371 (Solaris 10 (x86) : 119904-02 (deprecated)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

A possible mitigation has been published 8 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (19371).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.1
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Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 19371
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (x86) : 119904-02 (deprecated)
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OpenVAS ID: 855393
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for kpasswd, libgss.so.1 and libkadm5clnt.so.1 109224-11
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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07/09/2001 🔍
07/09/2001 +0 days 🔍
04/01/2005 +1362 days 🔍
08/02/2005 +123 days 🔍
08/18/2005 +15 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +135 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +0 days 🔍
05/05/2006 +125 days 🔍
08/11/2006 +98 days 🔍
02/17/2009 +921 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2214 days 🔍
08/27/2019 +1629 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4796 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 20889 - Sun Solaris 2.5 Through 10 XView Library Local File Corruption via Unknown Vectors, High
SecurityFocus: 13016 - Sun Solaris XView Local Arbitrary File Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: 18809 - Solaris XView Text Clipboard Arbitrary File Corruption

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 08/27/2019 10:35
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (72), 08/27/2019 10:35 (3)
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