CVE-2001-1555
Solaris 8 - Unauthenticated Terminal Privilege Escalation via TTY ACL Modification
Title source: llmDescription
pt_chmod in Solaris 8 does not call fdetach to reset terminal privileges when users log out of terminals, which allows local users to write to other users' terminals by modifying the ACL of a TTY.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-43929-1
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1002732
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1004035
Patch vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3522
Scores
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
20.9%
Details
Status
published
Products (2)
sun/solaris
8.0
sun/sunos
5.8
Published
Dec 31, 2001
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026