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Sun Solaris CDE Mailer dtmail Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA12363	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2004-08-24
Last Update:	2005-05-11
Popularity:	9,262 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Sun Solaris 8 Sun Solaris 9

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CVE reference:	CVE-2004-0800

Description: iDEFENSE has discovered a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error within the CDE Mailer (dtmail). Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code with mail group privileges enabling users to read, modify, and delete other users' mails on the system. The vulnerability has been reported in CDE 1.4 and 1.5 for Solaris 8 and 9. Solution: Apply patches. -- SPARC Platform -- CDE 1.4 for Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=109613&rev=07 CDE 1.5 for Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=112810&rev=06 -- x86 Platform -- CDE 1.4 for Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=109614&rev=07 CDE 1.5 for Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=113870&rev=05 Provided and/or discovered by: iDEFENSE Labs Changelog: 2004-08-24: Added more information provided by iDEFENSE. 2004-08-26: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note. 2005-05-11: Updated advisory. Original Advisory: Sun Microsystems: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57627-1 iDEFENSE: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=132&type=vulnerabilities Other References: US-CERT VU#928598: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/928598

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