Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0 kcms_calibrate privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0. This impacts the function kcms_calibrate. This manipulation causes privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-0503. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function kcms_calibrate. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in kcms_calibrate in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 before 20071122 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via unknown vectors.

The weakness was shared 01/23/2007 by Cees-Bart Breunesse with University of Nijmegen (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-0503 since 01/25/2007. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13608 (Solaris 9 (x86) : 114637-05), 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. The bugfix is ready for download at sunsolve.sun.com. 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 (31668), Tenable (13608), SecurityFocus (BID 22175†), OSVDB (31598†) and Secunia (SA23885†). The entry VDB-2871 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 13608
Nessus Name: Solaris 9 (x86) : 114637-05
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OpenVAS ID: 855335
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for kpasswd, libgss.so.1 and libkadm5clnt.so.1 109224-11
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Patch: sunsolve.sun.com

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07/12/2004 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Researcher: Cees-Bart Breunesse
Organization: University of Nijmegen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0503 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0503
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2869

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X-Force: 31668 - Sun Solaris kcms_calibrate command privilege escalation, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 22175 - Kodak Color Management System Utilities Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 23885 - Sun Solaris "kcms_calibrate" Privilege Escalation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 31598 - Solaris kcms_calibrate Unspecified Command Execution
SecurityTracker: 1017541 - Kodak Color Management System kcms_calibrate(1) Command Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 24203 - Sun Solaris 8 and 9 Kodak Color Management System (KCMS) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-0287

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/24/2007 15:00
Updated: 03/15/2021 08:19
Changes: 01/24/2007 15:00 (88), 02/17/2017 11:30 (11), 03/15/2021 08:19 (3)
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