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A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 8/9/10 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to handling of tags with (1) the -t option and (2) the :tag command in the (a) vi, (b) ex, (c) vedit, (d) view, and (e) edit programs.
The bug was discovered 09/17/2008. The weakness was presented 09/19/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-4131 since 09/19/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32366 (Solaris 10 (x86) : 120831-06 (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 even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45218) and Tenable (32366).
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 32366
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (x86) : 120831-06 (deprecated)
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OpenVAS ID: 855352
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for kpasswd, libgss.so.1 and libkadm5clnt.so.1 109224-11
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Timeline
05/15/2008 🔍05/17/2008 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4131 (🔍)
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X-Force: 45218
SecurityTracker: 1020898
Vulnerability Center: 19475 - Sun Solaris Text Editors Local Command Execution via Manipulated Tag Files, Critical
SecurityFocus: 31229 - Sun Solaris Text Editors Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 31895
OSVDB: 48197 - CVE-2008-4131 - Sun - Solaris - Multiple Unspecified Issues
Vupen: ADV-2008-2614
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/16/2019 21:32
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (73), 08/16/2019 21:32 (12)
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