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Sun Solaris "tip" Command Privilege Escalation
Secunia Advisory: SA23821
Release Date: 2007-01-24
Popularity: 9,702 views

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

OS:Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9

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Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to unspecified errors within the "tip" command. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code as the "uucp" user.

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