Sun Solaris PCMCIAD File Corruption Vulnerability

BID:5268

Info

Sun Solaris PCMCIAD File Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5268
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 18 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 18 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Vulnerability first reported by Sun.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _x86
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
Sun Solaris 2.4
Sun Solaris 2.3
Sun Solaris 2.2
Sun Solaris 2.1
Sun Solaris 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun Solaris PCMCIAD File Corruption Vulnerability

It may be possible for attackers to cause pcmciad to write to arbitrary files with root privileges. The exact technical details are not currently known.

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. Escalation of privileges may also be possible.

Solution / Fix

References

Sun Solaris PCMCIAD File Corruption Vulnerability

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