CVE-2001-0059

Severity

62%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

165%

patchadd in Solaris allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

patchadd in Solaris allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 24 years ago

2001-02-12 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

Sun Microsystems Solaris 7

5.7

References

20001218 Solaris patchadd(1) (3) symlink vulnerabilty

2127

Vendor Advisory

solaris-patchadd-symlink(5789)

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