Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0 and/or pfexec Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0. This impacts the function pfexec of the file and/or. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2004-1394. There is not any exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0 (Operating System). This issue affects the function pfexec of the file and/or. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The pfexec function for Sun Solaris 8 and 9 does not properly handle when a custom profile contains an invalid entry in the exec_attr database, which may allow local users with custom rights profiles to execute profile commands with additional privileges.

The bug was discovered 01/30/2004. The weakness was released 01/30/2004 with Sun Microsystems (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1394 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13627 (Solaris 9 (x86) : 116238-01), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (14988), Tenable (13627), SecurityFocus (BID 9534†), OSVDB (3764†) and Secunia (SA10755†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 13627
Nessus Name: Solaris 9 (x86) : 116238-01
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1394 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1394
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22691
X-Force: 14988
SecurityFocus: 9534 - Sun Solaris PFExec Custom Profile Arbitrary Privileges Vulnerability
Secunia: 10755
OSVDB: 3764 - Solaris pfexec Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1008893
Vulnerability Center: 20665 - Sun Solaris 8-9 Pfexec Vulnerability Allows Local Attacker to Gain Elevated Privileges, High

Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:28
Updated: 06/30/2021 16:14
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:28 (75), 08/26/2019 10:24 (3), 06/30/2021 16:14 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:3CD:103

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