Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0 Role-Based Access Control Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Role-Based Access Control. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4306. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Role-Based Access Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 before 20060821 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors, involving the default Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) settings in the "File System Management" profile.

The weakness was shared 08/23/2006 with Sun Microsystems Inc. (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-4306 since 08/23/2006. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 855244 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115395 (Sun Solaris File System Management RBAC Profile Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sunsolve.sun.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28551), Tenable (855244), SecurityFocus (BID 19643†), OSVDB (28114†) and Secunia (SA22295†). The entries VDB-2481, VDB-2480, VDB-2491 and VDB-2494 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source 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: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 855244
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OpenVAS ID: 855497
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for linker 112963-33
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: sunsolve.sun.com

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08/21/2006 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Researcher: http://www.sun.com/
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4306 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4306
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2479

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X-Force: 28551 - Sun Solaris default RBAC configuration privilege escalation, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 19643 - Sun Solaris File System Management RBAC Profile Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 22295 - Avaya CMS Sun Solaris RBAC Profile Privilege Escalation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 28114
SecurityTracker: 1016726 - Sun Solaris Default RBAC Configuration May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vupen: ADV-2006-3355

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/24/2006 18:32
Updated: 06/18/2025 16:03
Changes: 08/24/2006 18:32 (75), 06/07/2017 14:55 (6), 03/13/2021 12:25 (8), 06/18/2025 16:03 (17)
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