Sun Solaris 2.5/2.5.1 Kodak Color Management System privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun Solaris 2.5/2.5.1. This affects an unknown function of the component Kodak Color Management System. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-1999-0136. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris 2.5/2.5.1 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Kodak Color Management System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

kodak color management system (kcms) on solaris allows a local user to write to arbitrary files and gain root access.

The bug was discovered 07/01/1996. The weakness was disclosed 07/31/1996. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0136. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 30 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (482), SecurityFocus (BID 80403†), OSVDB (8200†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-21310†). The entries VDB-13749, VDB-13746 and VDB-13745 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Sun SunOS 5.5/5.5.1

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  • end of life (old version)

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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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OpenVAS ID: 855335
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for kpasswd, libgss.so.1 and libkadm5clnt.so.1 109224-11
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Recommended: Upgrade
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07/01/1996 🔍
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04/03/2025 +3943 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0136 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0136
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13747
X-Force: 482
SecurityFocus: 80403 - Solaris CVE-1999-0136 Local Security Vulnerability
OSVDB: 8200 - CVE-1999-0136 - Kodak - Color Management System - Unspecified Issue
Vulnerability Center: 21310 - Solaris KCMS kcms_configure and kcms_calibrate Local Root Access Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 17:14
Updated: 04/03/2025 12:52
Changes: 06/17/2014 17:14 (63), 08/30/2019 20:27 (5), 04/03/2025 12:52 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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