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Sun Solaris Xsun and Xprt Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA16955
Release Date: 2005-09-27
Last Update: 2005-12-01
Popularity: 9,753 views

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

OS:Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 7
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the Xsun and Xprt commands. This can be exploited by unprivileged users to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of either command.

The vulnerability has been reported in Solaris 7, 8, 9, and 10.

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