Sun Solaris XScreenSaver Popup Windows Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:36910

Info

Sun Solaris XScreenSaver Popup Windows Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 36910
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 20 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 04 2009 03:17PM
Credit: The vendor reported the issue.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 10_x86
Sun Solaris 10
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun Solaris XScreenSaver Popup Windows Security Bypass Vulnerability

Sun Solaris XScreenSaver is prone to a local security-bypass vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to bypass certain security restrictions that may lead to further attacks.

Note that the vulnerability was introduced in patches 120094-27 and 120095-27.

This issue affects Solaris 10 on both SPARC and x86 platforms.

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris XScreenSaver Popup Windows Security Bypass Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Sun Solaris XScreenSaver Popup Windows Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and updates. Please see the references for details.


Sun Solaris 10

Sun Solaris 10_x86

References

Sun Solaris XScreenSaver Popup Windows Security Bypass Vulnerability

References:

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