CVE-2005-2072 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2005-2072
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Description: The runtime linker (ld.so) in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 trusts the LD_AUDIT environment variable in setuid or setgid programs, which allows local users to gain privileges by (1) modifying LD_AUDIT to reference malicious code and possibly (2) using a long value for LD_AUDIT.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SUNALERT http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101794-1 ST 1014537 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA15841 FULLDISC http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034738.html http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034731.html http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034730.html CONFIRM http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=3497 BID 14074

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