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A vulnerability was found in Sun OpenSolaris (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The kernel in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_90 allows local users to bypass chroot, zones, and the Solaris Trusted Extensions multi-level security policy, and establish a covert communication channel, via unspecified vectors involving system calls.

The weakness was presented 09/02/2008 with Sun Microsystems (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3875. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/02/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33206 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 137111-08), 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 (44753) and Tenable (33206). See 42788, 43680, 43581 and 46222 for similar entries.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Nessus ID: 33206
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 137111-08
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-3875 (🔍)
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X-Force: 44753
Vulnerability Center: 24028 - Sun Solaris 8 - 10 and OpenSolaris \x3C snv_90 Covert Communication Channels Bypassing Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 30880 - Sun Solaris Kernel Covert Channel Creation Security Bypass Vulnerability

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/02/2021 08:03
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (54), 02/17/2017 11:17 (10), 08/02/2021 07:58 (3), 08/02/2021 08:03 (1)
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