Exploitation Summary
CVE-2017-3622 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
EIP tracks 2 public exploits from researchers including Metasploit, Shadow Brokers, Hacker Fantastic, bcoles, including a Metasploit module exploits/solaris/local/extremeparr_dtappgather_priv_esc.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in the `dtappgather` executable on Solaris systems to gain root privileges by creating a user-owned directory in `/usr/lib/locale` and loading a malicious shared object via the `LC_TIME` environment variable.
Description
Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Common Desktop Environment (CDE)). The supported version that is affected is 10. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Solaris. Note: CVE-2017-3622 is assigned for the "Extremeparr". CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Exploits (2)
This Metasploit module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in the `dtappgather` executable on Solaris systems to gain root privileges by creating a user-owned directory in `/usr/lib/locale` and loading a malicious shared object via the `LC_TIME` environment variable.
This Metasploit module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in the `dtappgather` executable on unpatched Solaris systems prior to Solaris 10u11, allowing users to gain root privileges by creating a user-owned directory at any location on the filesystem and loading a malicious shared object.
References (4)
Scores
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H