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Sun Solaris Xsun DGA Mode Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA10346
Release Date: 2003-12-03
Last Update: 2005-02-10
Popularity: 8,725 views

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

OS:Sun Solaris 2.6
Sun Solaris 7
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9

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Description:
Sun has reported a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges or cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when running the Xsun Server in Direct Graphics Access (DGA) mode. This can be exploited by users to overwrite or create arbitrary files with higher privileges and crash the Xsun process of any user of a DGA application.

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