CVE-2002-1296

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Directory traversal vulnerability in priocntl system call in Solaris does allows local users to execute arbitrary code via ".." sequences in the pc_clname field of a pcinfo_t structure, which cause priocntl to load a malicious kernel module.

Directory traversal vulnerability in priocntl system call in Solaris does allows local users to execute arbitrary code via ".." sequences in the pc_clname field of a pcinfo_t structure, which cause priocntl to load a malicious kernel module.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Sun

First reported 22 years ago

2002-12-23 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

Sun Solaris 2.6

2.6

Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.5.1

5.5.1

Sun Microsystems Solaris 7

5.7

Sun SunOS (Solaris 8) 5.8

5.8

References

20021127 Solaris priocntl exploit

http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/49131

Patch, Vendor Advisory

solaris-priocntl-pcclname-modules(10717)

Vendor Advisory

VU#683673

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

6262

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3637

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