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Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 follows symbolic links when updating an NIS database, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 and 2.2 allows local users to gain privileges via the save option in the Database Manager, which is running with setgid bin privileges.

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 uses unsafe permissions when adding new users to the NIS+ password table, which allows local users to gain root access by modifying their password table entries.

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 incorrectly sets write permissions on source files for NIS maps, which could allow local users to gain privileges by modifying /etc/passwd.

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 and 2.2 create lock files insecurely, which allows local users to gain root privileges.

The AIX FTP client can be forced to execute commands from a malicious server through shell metacharacters (e.g. a pipe character).

nis_cachemgr for Solaris NIS+ allows attackers to add malicious NIS+ servers.

Solaris sysdef command allows local users to read kernel memory, potentially leading to root privileges.

rpc.mountd on Linux, Ultrix, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of a file on the server by attempting to mount that file, which generates different error messages depending on whether the file exists or not.

DNS cache poisoning via BIND, by predictable query IDs.

Buffer overflow in nss_nisplus.so.1 library in NIS+ in Solaris 2.3 and 2.4 allows local users to gain root privileges.

NFS allows attackers to read and write any file on the system by specifying a false UID.

Buffer overflow in eeprom in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Command execution in Sun systems via buffer overflow in the at program.

Solaris rpcbind listens on a high numbered UDP port, which may not be filtered since the standard port number is 111.

SunOS 4.1.4 on a Sparc 20 machine allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by reading from the /dev/tcx0 TCX device.

Buffer overflow in xmcd 2.0p12 allows local users to gain access through an environmental variable.

NFS cache poisoning.

ucbmail allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters that are passed to it from INN.

ypbind with -ypset and -ypsetme options activated in Linux Slackware and SunOS allows local and remote attackers to overwrite files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Buffer overflow in Solaris getopt in libc allows local users to gain root privileges via a long argv[0].

Talkd, when given corrupt DNS information, can be used to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

A version of rusers is running that exposes valid user information to any entity on the network.

Malicious option settings in UDP packets could force a reboot in SunOS 4.1.3 systems.

NFS allows users to use a "cd .." command to access other directories besides the exported file system.

Jolt ICMP attack causes a denial of service in Windows 95 and Windows NT systems.

Sendmail allows local users to write to a file and gain group permissions via a .forward or :include: file.

The WorkMan program can be used to overwrite any file to get root access.

Expreserve, as used in vi and ex, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root access.

vold in Solaris 2.x allows local users to gain root access.

Kodak Color Management System (KCMS) on Solaris allows a local user to write to arbitrary files and gain root access.

admintool in Solaris allows a local user to write to arbitrary files and gain root access.

Delete or create a file via rpc.statd, due to invalid information.

pcnfsd (aka rpc.pcnfsd) allows local users to change file permissions, or execute arbitrary commands through arguments in the RPC call.

The Java Applet Security Manager implementation in Netscape Navigator 2.0 and Java Developer's Kit 1.0 allows an applet to connect to arbitrary hosts.

Kerberos 4 key servers allow a user to masquerade as another by breaking and generating session keys.

Guessable magic cookies in X Windows allows remote attackers to execute commands, e.g. through xterm.

Buffer overflow in syslog utility allows local or remote attackers to gain root privileges.

A race condition in the Solaris ps command allows an attacker to overwrite critical files.

SunOS sendmail 5.59 through 5.65 uses popen to process a forwarding host argument, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable and passing crafted values to the -oR option.

rmmount in SunOS 5.7 may mount file systems without the nosuid flag set, contrary to the documentation and its use in previous versions of SunOS, which could allow local users with physical access to gain root privileges by mounting a floppy or CD-ROM that contains a setuid…

passwd in SunOS 4.1.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack and the -F command line argument.

Sun/Solaris utmp file allows local users to gain root access if it is writable by users other than root.

Extra long export lists over 256 characters in some mount daemons allows NFS directories to be mounted by anyone.

In Solaris 2.2 and 2.3, when fsck fails on startup, it allows a local user with physical access to obtain root access.

The permissions for the /dev/audio device on Solaris 2.2 and earlier, and SunOS 4.1.x, allow any local user to read from the device, which could be used by an attacker to monitor conversations happening near a machine that has a microphone.

/usr/5bin/su in SunOS 4.1.3 and earlier uses a search path that includes the current working directory (.), which allows local users to gain privileges via Trojan horse programs.

Sun SunOS 4.1 through 4.1.3 allows local attackers to gain root access via insecure permissions on files and directories such as crash.

NFS on SunOS 4.1 through 4.1.2 ignores the high order 16 bits in a 32 bit UID, which allows a local user to gain root access if the lower 16 bits are set to 0, as fixed by the NFS jumbo patch upgrade.

Vulnerability in integer multiplication emulation code on SPARC architectures for SunOS 4.1 through 4.1.2 allows local users to gain root access or cause a denial of service (crash).