Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-4307. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

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

Unspecified vulnerability in the format command in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 before 20060821 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors involving profiles that permit running format with elevated privileges, a different issue than CVE-2006-4306 and CVE-2006-4319.

The weakness was published 08/23/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4307 since 08/23/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 X-Force (28551), SecurityFocus (BID 19647†), OSVDB (28115†), Secunia (SA21581†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016726†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2479, VDB-2481, VDB-2480 and VDB-2491. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Sun

Name

• Solaris

Version

• 8.0
• 9.0

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life (old version)

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com/sun/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 7.9
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Exploitinginfo

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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OpenVAS ID: 855497
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for linker 112963-33
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/21/2006 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2006-4307 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4307
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31925

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X-Force: 28551
SecurityFocus: 19647 - Sun Solaris Format(1M) Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 21581 - Sun Solaris RBAC Profile Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 28115 - CVE-2006-4307 - Sun Solaris - Format(1M) - Local Privilege Escalation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1016726
Vulnerability Center: 12656 - Sun Solaris 8 and 9 Vulnerability in Format Command allows Gaining Root Privileges, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-3355

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 06/24/2019 21:06
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (67), 06/24/2019 21:06 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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