Vulnerability in Sun Solaris
CVE-2002-0089
Buffer overflow in admintool in Solaris 2.5 through 8 allows local users to gain root privileges via long arguments to (1) the -d command line option, or (2) the PRODVERS argument in the .cdtoc file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sun Solaris — versions 2.6, 8.0
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.7
References
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8955.php (vdb-entry)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8954.php (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:67 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4624 (vdb-entry)
- www.esecurityonline.com/advisories/eSO2397.asp (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270122 (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:68 (signature, vdb-entry)