Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0 Solaris Management Console memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Solaris Management Console. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2007-3094. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Solaris Management Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the authentication mechanism in Solaris Management Console (SMC) on Sun Solaris 8 through 10 before 20070605 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to the WBEM server.

The bug was discovered 06/05/2007. The weakness was published 06/05/2007 by Adam Gowdiak (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-3094 since 06/06/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/08/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20273 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 121308-20 (deprecated)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115586 (Sun Solaris Management Console Privilege Escalation Vulnerability).

A possible mitigation has been published 4 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34735), Tenable (20273), SecurityFocus (BID 24326†), OSVDB (36591†) and Secunia (SA25566†). Similar entry is available at VDB-3107. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 20273
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 121308-20 (deprecated)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Researcher: Adam Gowdiak
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3094 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3094
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37165

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X-Force: 34735
SecurityFocus: 24326 - Sun Solaris Management Console Authentication Mechanism Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 25566
OSVDB: 36591 - Solaris Management Console (SMC) WBEM Server Unspecified Remote Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1018205
Vulnerability Center: 15554 - Sun Solaris SMC (Solaris Management Console) Remote Users Privilege Escalation, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-2076

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 06/08/2025 05:52
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (81), 07/21/2019 14:42 (2), 06/08/2025 05:52 (18)
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