Sun Solaris 2.4 Coredump Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Sun Solaris 2.4. Affected is an unknown function of the component Coredump. Performing a manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-1999-1413. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 2.4 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Coredump. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Solaris 2.4 before kernel jumbo patch -35 allows set-gid programs to dump core even if the real user id is not in the set-gid group, which allows local users to overwrite or create files at higher privileges by causing a core dump, e.g. through dmesg.

The weakness was shared 08/03/1996 by Jungseok Roh with AIST as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1413. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 2.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (19236) and SecurityFocus (BID 296†). The entries VDB-13752, VDB-13747, VDB-13746 and VDB-13745 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Solaris 2.5

Timelineinfo

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04/16/2026 +4321 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Jungseok Roh
Organization: AIST
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1413 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1413
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13749
SecurityFocus: 296 - Solaris Coredump Vulnerbility

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 17:16
Updated: 04/16/2026 10:13
Changes: 06/17/2014 17:16 (50), 05/18/2018 09:21 (6), 01/02/2025 08:31 (27), 04/16/2026 10:13 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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