Sun Solaris 8/9/10 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Sun Solaris 8/9/10. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-4131. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 8/9/10 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to handling of tags with (1) the -t option and (2) the :tag command in the (a) vi, (b) ex, (c) vedit, (d) view, and (e) edit programs.

The bug was discovered 09/17/2008. The weakness was presented 09/19/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-4131 since 09/19/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32366 (Solaris 10 (x86) : 120831-06 (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 116131 (Solaris Editors Tag File Handling Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (1019269.1)).

A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45218), Exploit-DB (32393), Tenable (32366), SecurityFocus (BID 31229†) and OSVDB (48197†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 32366
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (x86) : 120831-06 (deprecated)
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OpenVAS ID: 855352
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for kpasswd, libgss.so.1 and libkadm5clnt.so.1 109224-11
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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09/16/2008 +122 days 🔍
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09/18/2008 +1 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2368 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4131 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4131
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44098

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X-Force: 45218
SecurityFocus: 31229 - Sun Solaris Text Editors Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 31895
OSVDB: 48197 - CVE-2008-4131 - Sun - Solaris - Multiple Unspecified Issues
SecurityTracker: 1020898
Vulnerability Center: 19475 - Sun Solaris Text Editors Local Command Execution via Manipulated Tag Files, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-2614

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 12/25/2025 08:58
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (73), 08/16/2019 21:32 (12), 05/26/2025 01:30 (18), 12/25/2025 08:58 (1)
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