Oracle Solaris up to 11 Password Policy privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris up to 11. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Password Policy. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2012-1684. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Oracle Solaris up to 11 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the component Password Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10, and 11 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Password Policy.

The weakness was disclosed 04/17/2012 by Roberto Suggi Liverani (rgod) with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-1684 since 03/16/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57680 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 148165-02), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120897 (Solaris 11 Support Repository Update (SRU) 3 Missing).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at oracle.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (57680), SecurityFocus (BID 53138†), OSVDB (81404†), Secunia (SA48809†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026940†). The entries VDB-5110, VDB-5087, VDB-5112 and VDB-5111 are pretty similar. 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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Nessus ID: 57680
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 148165-02
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Patch: oracle.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Researcher: Roberto Suggi Liverani (rgod)
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-1684 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1684
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5157

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SecurityFocus: 53138 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2012-1684 Local Vulnerability
Secunia: 48809 - Oracle Solaris Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 81404
SecurityTracker: 1026940 - Solaris Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges and Remote Users Partially Access or Modify Data
Vulnerability Center: 34947 - [cpuapr2012-366314] Oracle Solaris 8, 9, 10 and 11 \x27Password Policy\x27 Local Unspecified Security Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/18/2012 22:00
Updated: 12/28/2024 18:00
Changes: 04/18/2012 22:00 (69), 04/19/2017 10:28 (14), 03/23/2021 11:11 (2), 12/28/2024 18:00 (16)
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