Oracle Solaris 8 ps command line utility Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Oracle Solaris 8. Affected is an unknown function of the component ps command line utility. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-5834. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 8 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component ps command line utility. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 8 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to ps.

The weakness was disclosed 01/14/2014 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2014 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-5834 since 09/18/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21170 (Solaris 8 (sparc) : 109023-08), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121713 (Oracle Solaris 8 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUJAN2014)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (21170), SecurityFocus (BID 64758†), OSVDB (102048†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42940†). The entries VDB-6095, VDB-7810, VDB-8664 and VDB-8665 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 21170
Nessus Name: Solaris 8 (sparc) : 109023-08
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2014
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-5834 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5834
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11912

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X-Force: 90358
SecurityFocus: 64758 - Oracle January 2014 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 102048
Vulnerability Center: 42940 - [cpujan2014-1972949] Sun Solaris 8 Local Code Execution Vulnerability in the \, Medium

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Created: 01/15/2014 10:55
Updated: 06/07/2021 08:47
Changes: 01/15/2014 10:55 (47), 04/07/2017 17:10 (20), 06/07/2021 08:42 (1), 06/07/2021 08:43 (7), 06/07/2021 08:46 (2), 06/07/2021 08:47 (1)
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