Sun Solaris 2.6/7.0/8.0 admintool memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 2.6/7.0/8.0. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component admintool. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-0088. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 2.6/7.0/8.0 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component admintool. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in admintool in Solaris 2.6, 7, and 8 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long media installation path.

The bug was discovered 03/15/2002. The weakness was released 03/15/2002 by Kevin Kotas (Website). The advisory is shared at esecurityonline.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-0088. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8608), SecurityFocus (BID 4632†), OSVDB (8700†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20831†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-17983, VDB-17982, VDB-17978 and VDB-17977. 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: 8.9

VulDB Base Score: 9.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: esecurityonline.com
Researcher: Kevin Kotas
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-0088 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0088
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17981

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X-Force: 8608
SecurityFocus: 4632 - Solaris AdminTool Media Installation Path Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 8700 - CVE-2002-0088 - Sun - Solaris - Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20831 - Sun Solaris 2.6, 7 and 8 Buffer Overflow in admintool Local Root Privileges Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:42
Updated: 06/27/2021 09:37
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:42 (61), 08/27/2019 09:16 (3), 06/27/2021 09:37 (3)
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