Oracle Solaris 10 Text Utilities information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Oracle Solaris 10. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Text Utilities. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-2574. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle Solaris 10 (Operating System). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Text Utilities. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 10 allows local users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to Text Utilities.

The weakness was presented 04/14/2015 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2015 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-2574 since 03/20/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64609 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 148768-02), 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 123520 (Oracle Solaris 10 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUAPR2015)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (64609), SecurityFocus (BID 74142†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49651†). Further details are available at krebsonsecurity.com. See VDB-8391, VDB-74910, VDB-74899 and VDB-74900 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 64609
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 148768-02
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2015
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-2574 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2574
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74943

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SecurityFocus: 74142 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2015-2574 Local Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032132
Vulnerability Center: 49651 - [cpuapr2015-2365600] Oracle Solaris 10 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Text Utilities, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/15/2015 14:26
Updated: 05/06/2022 23:07
Changes: 04/15/2015 14:26 (70), 06/26/2017 10:31 (3), 05/06/2022 22:58 (3), 05/06/2022 23:07 (1)
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