VDB-28021 · CVE-2005-4706 · BID 15090

Sun Solaris 10.0 secpolicy_fs_common denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 10.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function secpolicy_fs_common. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-4706. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris 10.0 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function secpolicy_fs_common. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the "privilege management" feature of Sun Solaris 10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors that trigger a null dereference in the secpolicy_fs_common function.

The bug was discovered 10/12/2005. The weakness was released 10/13/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-4706 since 02/01/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 256 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115290 (Sun Solaris 10 Multiple Local Vulnerabilities).

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 SecurityFocus (BID 15090†), OSVDB (19975†), Secunia (SA17157†), SecurityTracker (ID 1015052†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-10753†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-1811 and VDB-1812. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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01/31/2005 🔍
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10/13/2005 +1 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3277 days 🔍
06/26/2025 +3759 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-4706 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4706
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28021
SecurityFocus: 15090 - Sun Solaris Multiple Local Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17157
OSVDB: 19975 - Solaris File System Privilege Management Unspecified Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1015052
Vulnerability Center: 10753 - Sun Solaris 10 Local DoS via \, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-2074

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/26/2025 05:07
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (64), 06/15/2019 18:01 (7), 06/26/2025 05:07 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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