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Sun Solaris CDE Mailer dtmail Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12363
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Release Date:
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2004-08-24
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Last Update:
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2005-05-11
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Popularity:
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10,333 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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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.
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