Sun solaris 5.0.9 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun solaris 5.0.9. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-1841. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun solaris 5.0.9 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

the control for adobe reader 5.0.9 and 5.0.10 on linux solaris hp-ux and aix creates temporary files with the permissions as specified in a user s umask which could allow local users to read pdf documents of that user if the umask allows it.

The bug was discovered 07/05/2005. The weakness was presented 07/07/2005 by Carsten Eiram (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1841 since 06/03/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18844 (FreeBSD : acroread -- insecure temporary file creation (107692a1-ee6c-11d9-8310-0001020eed82)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21252), Tenable (18844), SecurityFocus (BID 14165†), OSVDB (17615†) and Secunia (SA14457†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 18844
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : acroread -- insecure temporary file creation (107692a1-ee6c-11d9-8310-0001020eed82)
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OpenVAS ID: 54181
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: acroread4, acroread5
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/03/2005 🔍
06/15/2005 +12 days 🔍
06/29/2005 +14 days 🔍
07/05/2005 +6 days 🔍
07/06/2005 +1 days 🔍
07/06/2005 +0 days 🔍
07/07/2005 +1 days 🔍
07/07/2005 +0 days 🔍
07/13/2005 +6 days 🔍
07/25/2005 +12 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3516 days 🔍
06/07/2019 +1549 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Carsten Eiram
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-1841 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1841
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25703
X-Force: 21252
SecurityFocus: 14165 - Adobe Reader For Unix Local File Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 14457 - Adobe Reader for Linux Insecure Temporary File Creation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 17615 - Adobe Reader - For Unix Local File Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 8663 - Information Disclosure in Adobe Reader 5.0.9, 5.0.10 via Insecure Temporary Files Creation, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/07/2019 10:56
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (74), 06/07/2019 10:56 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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