Sun SunOS 4.1 passwd -F privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Sun SunOS 4.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component passwd. Such manipulation of the argument -F leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-1999-1388. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun SunOS 4.1 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component passwd. The manipulation of the argument -F with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

passwd in sunos 4.1.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack and the -f command line argument.

The weakness was released 05/13/1994 as not defined advisory (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at dataguard.no. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1388. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Applying the patch #102060-01 is able to eliminate this problem.

www2.dataguard.no is providing further details. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Patch: #102060-01

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06/17/2014 +7340 days 🔍
04/03/2025 +3943 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: dataguard.no
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1388 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1388
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13676
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 13:03
Updated: 04/03/2025 06:34
Changes: 06/17/2014 13:03 (46), 05/18/2018 09:15 (6), 04/03/2025 06:34 (18)
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