Sun Solaris 7.0/8.0/9.0 Forward File privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 7.0/8.0/9.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Forward File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-1076. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 7.0/8.0/9.0 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component Forward File Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unknown vulnerability in sendmail for Solaris 7, 8, and 9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (unknown impact) and possibly gain privileges via certain constructs in a .forward file.

The weakness was published 12/31/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1076 since 02/08/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11364 (Solaris sendmail .forward Local Privilege Escalation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SMTP problems and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116324 (Sun Solaris Sendmail ".forward" Vulnerability (1000440.1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11496), Tenable (11364), SecurityFocus (BID 7033†), Secunia (SA8235†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1006234†). Similar entries are available at VDB-21076 and VDB-21074. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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Nessus ID: 11364
Nessus Name: Solaris sendmail .forward Local Privilege Escalation
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/01/2003 🔍
03/06/2003 +64 days 🔍
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03/12/2003 +6 days 🔍
06/26/2003 +106 days 🔍
12/31/2003 +188 days 🔍
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02/08/2005 +405 days 🔍
08/22/2014 +3482 days 🔍
07/20/2025 +3984 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-1076 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1076
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21075
X-Force: 11496
SecurityFocus: 7033 - Sun Sendmail Forward File Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 8235 - SUN Solaris sendmail ".forward" vulnerability, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1006234
Vulnerability Center: 1320 - Sendmail Allows Local Privilege Escalation, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/22/2014 13:13
Updated: 07/20/2025 01:30
Changes: 08/22/2014 13:13 (66), 05/10/2019 12:17 (10), 07/20/2025 01:30 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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