Oracle Solaris 10 Kernel Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 10. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Kernel. The manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-3187. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle Solaris 10 (Operating System). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 10 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Kernel.

The weakness was presented 10/16/2012 with Oracle as cpuoct2012-1515893 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-3187 since 06/06/2012. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120597 (Solaris Kernel/RCTL Local Access Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 55887†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36636†). Further details are available at darkreading.com. See VDB-6718, VDB-6719, VDB-6788 and VDB-6696 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: cpuoct2012-1515893
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-3187 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3187
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6768

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SecurityFocus: 55887 - RETIRED: Oracle October 2012 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 36636 - [cpuoct2012-1515893] Oracle Sun Solaris 10 Remote Unspecified Vulnerability via Vectors Related to Kernel (CVE-2012-3187), Medium

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Created: 10/18/2012 10:00
Updated: 04/19/2017 10:31
Changes: 10/18/2012 10:00 (62), 04/19/2017 10:31 (10)
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