CVE-2000-0494

Veritas Volume Manager - Command Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0494. PoCs published by Dixie Flatline.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a race condition in Veritas Volume Manager (pre-Solaris 8) where the .server_pids file is created with world-writable permissions (666). An attacker can inject arbitrary commands into this file, which are executed as root when an administrator stops the server.

Description

Veritas Volume Manager creates a world writable .server_pids file, which allows local users to add arbitrary commands into the file, which is then executed by the vmsa_server script.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Dixie Flatline · textlocalsolaris
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20018

This exploit leverages a race condition in Veritas Volume Manager (pre-Solaris 8) where the .server_pids file is created with world-writable permissions (666). An attacker can inject arbitrary commands into this file, which are executed as root when an administrator stops the server.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Veritas Volume Manager 3.0.x (pre-Solaris 8)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Veritas Volume Manager 3.0.x running on Solaris < 8 · Administrator must manually stop the server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1356
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0151.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0094
EPSS Percentile 56.5%

Details

Status published
Products (3)
symantec_veritas/volume_manager 3.0.2
symantec_veritas/volume_manager 3.0.3
symantec_veritas/volume_manager 3.0.4
Published Jun 16, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026