Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0 Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0 (Operating System). This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

GNOME XScreenSaver in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 before 20070417, when root is logged into the console, does not automatically lock the screen after a session has been inactive, which might allow physically proximate attackers to access the console.

The weakness was presented 06/19/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-3283. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24373 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 120094-36), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34722) and Tenable (24373). See 37137, 41527, 50686 and 50533 for similar entries.

Productinfo

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Operating System

Vendor

Name

Solaris

Version

License

commercial

Support

end of life

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 24373
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 120094-36
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/04/2007 🔍
06/05/2007 +1 days 🔍
06/19/2007 +13 days 🔍
06/19/2007 +0 days 🔍
06/19/2007 +0 days 🔍
06/19/2007 +0 days 🔍
06/01/2010 +1078 days 🔍
03/15/2015 +1748 days 🔍
07/20/2021 +2319 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-3283 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 34722
Vulnerability Center: 25920 - Sun Solaris 8 and 9 before 20070417 GNOME XScreenSaver Insecure Inactive Session Behavior, Medium
SecurityFocus: 24314 - Sun Solaris Gnome Assistive Technology XScreenSaver Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 25531
OSVDB: 36586 - Solaris GNOME Session xscreensaver Local Session Hijacking

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/20/2021 13:15
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (52), 02/27/2017 09:31 (14), 07/20/2021 13:08 (3), 07/20/2021 13:15 (1)
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