Sun Solaris 'auditconfig(1M)' Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:35501

Info

Sun Solaris 'auditconfig(1M)' Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 35501
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2009-2430
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 25 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 20 2009 10:36PM
Credit: Sun
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Sun Solaris 10_x86
Sun Solaris 10
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_58
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_57
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_54
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_50
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_47
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_45
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_39
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_36
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_29
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_22
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_19
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_13
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_02
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_01
Not Vulnerable: Sun OpenSolaris build snv_59

Discussion

Sun Solaris 'auditconfig(1M)' Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Sun Solaris is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to run arbitrary code with privileges specified in the RBAC profile.

This issue affects the following on both SPARC and x86 platforms:

Solaris 8
Solaris 9
Solaris 10
OpenSolaris based on builds snv_01 through snv_58

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris 'auditconfig(1M)' Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Sun Solaris 'auditconfig(1M)' Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.


Sun Solaris 9

Sun Solaris 9_x86

Sun Solaris 10_x86

Sun Solaris 8_x86

Sun Solaris 8_sparc

Sun Solaris 10

References

Sun Solaris 'auditconfig(1M)' Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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