Sun Solaris 8.0 pt_chmod fdetach privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Sun Solaris 8.0. Affected is the function fdetach of the component pt_chmod. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2001-1555. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun Solaris 8.0 (Operating System). Affected is the function fdetach of the component pt_chmod. The manipulation with an unknown input 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. CVE summarizes:

pt_chmod in Solaris 8 does not call fdetach to reset terminal privileges when users log out of terminals, which allows local users to write to other users terminals by modifying the ACL of a TTY.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2002. The weakness was shared 12/31/2001 by Rick (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-1555 since 07/14/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23896), SecurityFocus (BID 3522†), OSVDB (20283†), SecurityTracker (ID 1002732†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20829†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/08/2001 🔍
11/08/2001 +0 days 🔍
11/13/2001 +5 days 🔍
12/31/2001 +48 days 🔍
12/31/2001 +0 days 🔍
04/10/2002 +100 days 🔍
07/14/2005 +1191 days 🔍
02/15/2009 +1312 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +1972 days 🔍
08/27/2019 +1873 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Rick
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-1555 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1555
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17874
X-Force: 23896
SecurityFocus: 3522 - Solaris PT_CHMOD Arbitrary Terminal Writing Vulnerability
OSVDB: 20283 - Sun Solaris OS, Arbitrary Terminal Access
SecurityTracker: 1002732
Vulnerability Center: 20829 - Sun Solaris 8 pt_chmod Local Write Access to Terminal By Modifying The ACL of a TTY, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:31
Updated: 08/27/2019 09:11
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:31 (65), 08/27/2019 09:11 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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