2924 : CDE dtprintinfo Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2003-12-08

Description

Sun Solaris contains a flaw that may allow a local user to execute arbitrary code with full root privledges, leading to privledge escalation. This flaw is a result of improper bounds checking in the dtprintinfo CDE Print Viewer.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Technical

This flaw effects both SPARC and x86 platforms of Sun Solaris

Solution

Upgrade to the appropriate patch for your version of Solaris, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround(s): chmod 0555 /usr/dt/bin/dtprintinfo

Products

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.	Tru64 Unix	4.0 f
		4.0G.PK4

Sun Microsystems, Inc.	Solaris	2.6
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		9

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 10070 10384
ISS X-Force ID: 13914
CVE ID: 2003-1057 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 432
Bugtraq ID: 9170
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57441

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
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