Sun Solaris 10 NFS netgroups access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Sun Solaris 10 (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing of the component NFS. The manipulation of the argument netgroups with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Sun Solaris 10 with the 120011-04 and 120012-04 patches, and later 120011-* and 120012-* patches, allows remote attackers to bypass certain netgroup restrictions and obtain root access to a filesystem via NFS requests from a client root user.

The issue has been introduced in 01/31/2005. The weakness was presented 12/14/2007 with Sun (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-6413 since 12/17/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1047 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29721 (Solaris 10 (x86) : 127954-06), 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 (39033) and Tenable (29721).

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 29721
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (x86) : 127954-06
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: sunsolve.sun.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Organization: Sun
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-6413 (🔍)
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X-Force: 39033 - Sun Solaris NFS unauthorized access, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1019102 - Solaris NFS Kernel Bug Lets Remote Authenticated Users Gain Privileged Access in Certain Cases
Vulnerability Center: 17099 - Sun Solaris 10 NFS Servers Allow Remote Root Users Outside the Netgroups to Access Shared Files, Critical
SecurityFocus: 26872 - Sun Solaris NFS 'netgroups' Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 28096 - Sun Solaris 10 NFS Security Bypass Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 40829 - Solaris NFS netgroups Bypass NFS Request Local Privilege Escalation
Vupen: ADV-2007-4218

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Created: 12/18/2007 17:25
Updated: 03/16/2021 09:59
Changes: 12/18/2007 17:25 (86), 01/09/2017 17:41 (11), 03/16/2021 09:59 (3)
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