Vulnerability CVE-2004-2686 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2004-2686 (CCN-40468)

Assigned:

2004-04-07

Published:

2004-04-07

Updated:

2018-10-30

Summary:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the vfs_getvfssw function in Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, and 9 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via crafted (1) mount or (2) sysfs system calls.
Note: this might be the same issue as CVE-2004-1767, but there are insufficient details to be sure.

CVSS v3 Severity:

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

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): High 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)
5.3 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC: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

6.2 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
4.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

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

Vulnerability Type:

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Apr 07 2004 - 03:28:42 CDT
Solaris vfs_getvfssw() local kernel exploit

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2004-2686

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20040407 Solaris vfs_getvfssw() local kernel exploit

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1008833
Sun Solaris modload() May Grant Root Access to Local Users

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Patch
1008833

Source: CCN
Type: Sun Alert ID: 57479
Security Vulnerability With Loading Arbitrary Kernel Modules in Solaris Kernel

Source: FULLDISC
Type: UNKNOWN
20040407 Solaris vfs_getvfssw() local kernel exploit

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/solaris_kernel_vfs.sxw.pdf

Source: BID
Type: Exploit, Patch
9962

Source: CCN
Type: BID-9962
Sun Solaris vfs_getvfssw function Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
solaris-vfsgetvfssw-privilege-escalation(40468)

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1381

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

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

OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*

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

OR cpe:/o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:sun:sunos:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/o:sun:solaris:2.6::x86:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:7.0::x86:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:7.0::sparc:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:8::x86:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:8::sparc:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:9::x86:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:2.6::sparc:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/o:sun:solaris:9::sparc:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1381	V	Security Vulnerability With Loading Arbitrary Kernel Modules in Solaris Kernel	2007-10-28