Solaris whodo Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:2935

Info

Solaris whodo Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2935
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2001-1076
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 05 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 06:56AM
Credit: Discovered by Pablo Sor <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _x86
Sun Solaris 2.5.1
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
Sun Solaris 7.0
Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
Sun Solaris 2.6
Sun Solaris 2.5_x86
Sun Solaris 2.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Solaris whodo Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The 'whodo' utility shipped with Sun Microsystems' Solaris provides a listing of users online and their activities. It is installed setuid root because it reads from the 'utmp' log as well as from the process table.

'whodo' contains a buffer overflow which can be exploited to gain root privileges.

Exploit / POC

Solaris whodo Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

An exploit written by Pablo Sor &lt;[email protected]&gt; is available:

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