Sawmill up to 6.2.14 on Solaris AdminPassword symlink

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sawmill up to 6.2.14 on Solaris and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the file AdminPassword. Performing a manipulation results in symlink. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2002-0265. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sawmill up to 6.2.14 on Solaris. This affects an unknown part of the file AdminPassword. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Sawmill for Solaris 6.2.14 and earlier creates the AdminPassword file with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the file.

The weakness was shared 05/29/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0265. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8173), Exploit-DB (21288) and SecurityFocus (BID 4077†). The entry VDB-26324 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Name

• Sawmill

Version

• 6.2
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.2.8
• 6.2.8a
• 6.2.9
• 6.2.10
• 6.2.11
• 6.2.12
• 6.2.13
• 6.2.14

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

CVSSv3info

CVSSv2info

Exploitinginfo

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Countermeasuresinfo

Timelineinfo

Sourcesinfo

Entryinfo

If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Discussion