Sun Solaris 5.11 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sun Solaris 5.11. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2011-2258. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris 5.11 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was presented 07/20/2011 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-2258 since 06/02/2011. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 53281 (Solaris 9 (sparc) : 112964-18), 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 119433 (Solaris "rksh" Multiple Vulnerabilities).

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 Tenable (53281), SecurityFocus (BID 48791†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-32382†). See VDB-53257, VDB-58052, VDB-58051 and VDB-58050 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 53281
Nessus Name: Solaris 9 (sparc) : 112964-18
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04/04/2011 🔍
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07/19/2011 +47 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2258 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2258
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58018

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SecurityFocus: 48791 - Oracle Sun Solaris CVE-2011-2258 Local Security Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 32382 - [cpujuly2011-313328] Oracle Solaris 8, 9, 10, and 11 Express Local Unspecified Vulnerability via Vectors Related to RKSH, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 01/12/2025 06:07
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (53), 03/28/2017 08:59 (13), 11/15/2021 08:27 (3), 01/12/2025 06:07 (17)
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