CVE-2004-2686

Sun Solaris 2.6/7.0/8/9 - vfs_getvfssw function Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Directory traversal vulnerability in the vfs_getvfssw function in Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, and 9 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via crafted (1) mount or (2) sysfs system calls. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2004-1767, but there are insufficient details to be sure.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.2

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2004-03-23 First Exploit
2004-12-31 CVE Published
2007-09-23 CVE Reserved
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2004/Apr/0081.html	Mailing List
http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2004-04/0297.html	Mailing List
http://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/solaris_kernel_vfs.sxw.pdf	X_refsource_misc
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1381	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23874	2004-03-23
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9962	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://securitytracker.com/id?1008833	2018-10-30

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				2.6 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "2.6"		-		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				7.0 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "7.0"		x86		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				8.0 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "8.0"		x86		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				9.0 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "9.0"		x86		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Sunos Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos"				-		-		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Sunos Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos"				5.7 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos" and version "5.7"		-		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Sunos Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos"				5.8 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos" and version "5.8"		-		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Sunos Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos"				5.9 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos" and version "5.9"		-		Affected