Sun Solaris 2.4/2.5/2.5.1 automount privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Sun Solaris 2.4/2.5/2.5.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component automount. This manipulation causes privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0210. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 2.4/2.5/2.5.1 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component automount. 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:

automount daemon automountd allows local or remote users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters.

The weakness was shared 11/26/1997 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.info. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0210. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10212 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The patches issued initially were not sufficient. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 576. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 617.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (487), Exploit-DB (19199), Tenable (10212), SecurityFocus (BID 235†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3307†). The entries VDB-14026 and VDB-14025 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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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10212
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 576
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-RPC portmap amountd request UDP
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: marc.info
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0210 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0210
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14029

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X-Force: 487
SecurityFocus: 235 - Solaris automount Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 3307 - Automount Daemon Automountd Allows Privilege Elevation, Critical

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

Created: 06/18/2014 17:30
Updated: 12/28/2024 16:36
Changes: 06/18/2014 17:30 (67), 05/18/2019 21:57 (5), 12/28/2024 16:36 (27)
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