Sun Solaris up to 9.0 Wall Daemon rpc.walld authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun Solaris 2.5.1/2.6/7.0/8.0/9.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file rpc.walld of the component Wall Daemon. The manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2003-1071. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 2.5.1/2.6/7.0/8.0/9.0 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file rpc.walld of the component Wall Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

rpc.walld (wall daemon) for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to send messages to logged on users that appear to come from arbitrary user IDs by closing stderr before executing wall, then supplying a spoofed from header.

The bug was discovered 01/03/2003. The weakness was published 01/03/2003 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-1071 since 02/08/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.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 (11608), Exploit-DB (22120), SecurityFocus (BID 6509†), OSVDB (15141†) and Secunia (SA7825†). Similar entry is available at VDB-13669. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-1071 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1071
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20075
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X-Force: 11608
SecurityFocus: 6509 - Sun Solaris Wall Spoofed Message Origin Vulnerability
Secunia: 7825
OSVDB: 15141 - Sun Solaris /usr/sbin/wall command message spoofing
SecurityTracker: 1005882
Vulnerability Center: 20844 - Sun Solaris 2.6 through 9 Local Wall Spoofed Message Vulnerability, Low

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

Created: 08/07/2014 14:54
Updated: 01/22/2025 08:39
Changes: 08/07/2014 14:54 (65), 08/27/2019 09:57 (8), 01/21/2025 15:29 (17), 01/22/2025 08:39 (1)
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