CVE-2002-1296

Solaris - Local Privilege Escalation via Priocntl System Call

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/683673
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10717.php
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6262
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/49131
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3637
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103842619803173&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 11.2%

Details

Status published
Products (7)
sun/solaris 2.6
sun/solaris 7.0
sun/solaris 8.0
sun/solaris 9.0
sun/sunos 5.5.1
sun/sunos 5.7
sun/sunos 5.8
Published Dec 23, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026