CVE-2002-1871

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

pkgadd in Sun Solaris 2.5.1 through 8 installs files setuid/setgid root if the pkgmap file contains a "?" (question mark) in the (1) mode, (2) owner, or (3) group fields, which allows attackers to elevate privileges.

pkgadd in Sun Solaris 2.5.1 through 8 installs files setuid/setgid root if the pkgmap file contains a "?" (question mark) in the (1) mode, (2) owner, or (3) group fields, which allows attackers to elevate privileges.

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

2002-12-31 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

45693

Patch, Vendor Advisory

solaris-pkgadd-insecure-permissions(9544)

Patch

5208

Patch

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