Solaris 10 Patch 137097-01 Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:54919

Info

Solaris 10 Patch 137097-01 Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 54919
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 09 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 10 2012 04:12PM
Credit: Larry Cashdollar
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Solaris 10 Patch 137097-01 Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solaris 10 Patch 137097-01 is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on affected computers.

Exploit / POC

Solaris 10 Patch 137097-01 Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available commands to exploit the issue.

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

Solaris 10 Patch 137097-01 Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

References

Solaris 10 Patch 137097-01 Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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