Sun Solaris 10 Logging link following

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Sun Solaris 10 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Logging. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

inetd on Sun Solaris 10, when debug logging is enabled, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/inetd.log temporary file.

The bug was discovered 04/02/2008. The weakness was disclosed 04/06/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-1684 since 04/06/2008. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1159 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31759 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 127718-05), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41626) and Tenable (31759).

Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

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Solaris

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License

commercial

Support

end of life

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31759
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 127718-05
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1684 (🔍)
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X-Force: 41626
SecurityTracker: 1019781
Vulnerability Center: 18089 - Sun Solaris 10 inetd Daemon Symlink Attack, Medium
SecurityFocus: 28584 - Sun Solaris 'inetd(1M)' Daemon Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 29654
OSVDB: 44038 - CVE-2008-1684 - Sun - Solaris - File Modification Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-1076

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/08/2019 07:40
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (68), 08/08/2019 07:40 (11)
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