Sun Solaris up to 2.6 FTP Client Metacharacter privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sun Solaris 2.3/2.4/2.5/2.5.1/2.6. Affected is an unknown function of the component FTP Client. Performing a manipulation as part of Metacharacter results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-1999-0097. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Sun Solaris 2.3/2.4/2.5/2.5.1/2.6 (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing of the component FTP Client. The manipulation as part of a Metacharacter leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

the aix ftp client can be forced to execute commands from a malicious server through shell metacharacters (e.g. a pipe character).

The weakness was presented 10/29/1997. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0097. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/06/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Vulnerability Center (SBV-6830†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• HP HP-UX up to 11.00
• IBM AIX up to 4.2.1
• Sun Solaris 2.3/2.4/2.5/2.5.1/2.6

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Sun

Name

• Solaris

Version

• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.5.1
• 2.6

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life (old version)

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com/sun/

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