CVE-2008-3875

Sun Solaris <10 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The kernel in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_90 allows local users to bypass chroot, zones, and the Solaris Trusted Extensions multi-level security policy, and establish a covert communication channel, via unspecified vectors involving system calls.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31667
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020780
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240706-1
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30880
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2460
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5453
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44753

Scores

EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 17.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (16)
sun/opensolaris build_snv_01
sun/opensolaris build_snv_02
sun/opensolaris build_snv_13
sun/opensolaris build_snv_19
sun/opensolaris build_snv_22
sun/opensolaris build_snv_39
sun/opensolaris build_snv_47
sun/opensolaris build_snv_59
sun/opensolaris build_snv_64
sun/opensolaris build_snv_79b
... and 6 more
Published Sep 02, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026