Sun Solaris 10 On-Screen Keyboard improper authentication

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Sun Solaris 10 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component On-Screen Keyboard. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in xscreensaver in Sun Solaris 10 Java Desktop System (JDS), when using the GNOME On-Screen Keyboard (GOK), allows local users to bypass authentication via unknown vectors that cause the screen saver to crash.

The bug was discovered 03/12/2008. The weakness was disclosed 03/17/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1356 since 03/17/2008. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 748 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24373 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 120094-36 (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 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41191) and Tenable (24373). The entries 37353, 50686, 50533 and 50251 are pretty similar.

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Operating System

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Solaris

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commercial

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end of life

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 24373
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 120094-36 (deprecated)
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01/31/2005 🔍
02/18/2007 +748 days 🔍
03/12/2008 +388 days 🔍
03/13/2008 +1 days 🔍
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10/13/2014 +2401 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +154 days 🔍
08/07/2019 +1605 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1356 (🔍)
X-Force: 41191
SecurityTracker: 1019614
Vulnerability Center: 17862 - Sun Solaris 10 JDS XscreenSaver(1) Allows Local Attackers to Gain Unauthorized Access to processes, Low
SecurityFocus: 28243 - Sun Solaris 10 XScreenSaver(1) Locked Screen Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 29368 - Sun Solaris JDS XscreenSaver Authentication Bypass, Not Critical
OSVDB: 42873 - Sun Solaris 10 - XScreenSaver(1) Locked Screen Bypass Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0875

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/07/2019 08:54
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (79), 08/07/2019 08:54 (4)
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