Sun Solaris 10 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun Solaris 10. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-0730. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 10 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The (1) Simplified Chinese, (2) Traditional Chinese, (3) Korean, and (4) Thai language input methods in Sun Solaris 10 create files and directories with weak permissions under (a) .iiim/le and (b) .Xlocale in home directories, which might allow local users to write to, or read from, the home directories of other users.

The bug was discovered 02/01/2008. The weakness was released 02/12/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-0730 since 02/12/2008. 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 T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1100 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 30170 (Solaris 10 (x86) : 120413-11 (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 115705 (Sun Solaris security vulnerability in simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Thai Language (1000990.1)).

A possible mitigation has been published 3 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40327), Tenable (30170), SecurityFocus (BID 27770†), OSVDB (41535†) and Secunia (SA28931†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 30170
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (x86) : 120413-11 (deprecated)
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02/01/2008 +1096 days 🔍
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02/05/2008 +4 days 🔍
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01/20/2010 +708 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +1881 days 🔍
06/01/2025 +3730 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-0730 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0730
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40991

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X-Force: 40327
SecurityFocus: 27770 - Sun Solaris Language Input Methods Security Vulnerability
Secunia: 28931
OSVDB: 41535 - Sun - Solaris - Language Input Methods Security Issue
Vulnerability Center: 17569 - Solaris Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Thai Language Local Privilege Escalation, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0452

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 06/01/2025 13:50
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (70), 08/04/2019 17:54 (7), 06/01/2025 13:50 (18)
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