Vulnerability CVE-1999-0410

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-1999-0410 (CCN-1900)

Assigned:

1999-03-05

Published:

1999-03-05

Updated:

2018-10-30

Summary:

The cancel command in Solaris 2.6 (i386) has a buffer overflow that allows local users to obtain root access.

CVSS v3 Severity:

9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-Other

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:27:16 -0600
buffer overflow in /usr/bin/cancel

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-1999-0410

Source: CCN
Type: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Web site
SUNSOLVE Online Patches

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 966
Solaris cancel Local Overflow

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
293

Source: CCN
Type: BID-293
Solaris cancel Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
sol-cancel(1900)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/o:sun:sunos:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable