Vulnerability CVE-2008-4131 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2008-4131 (CCN-45218)

Assigned:

2008-09-17

Published:

2008-09-17

Updated:

2017-09-29

Summary:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to handling of tags with (1) the -t option and (2) the :tag command in the (a) vi, (b) ex, (c) vedit, (d) view, and (e) edit programs.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

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

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

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

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

Vulnerability Type:

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2008-4131

Source: CCN
Type: SA31895
Sun Solaris Editors Tag File Handling Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
31895

Source: CCN
Type: SA31907
Avaya CMS Solaris Editors Tag File Handling Privilege Escalation

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
31907

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1020898
Solaris Text Editors (vi, ex, vedit, view, and edit) Tag Processing Bug Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1020898

Source: SUNALERT
Type: Patch
237987

Source: CCN
Type: Sun Alert ID: 237987
Manipulated Tag Files used with Solaris Text Editors May Lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-387.htm

Source: CCN
Type: ASA-2008-387
Manipulated Tag Files used with Solaris Text Editors May Lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code (Sun 237987)

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 48197
Solaris Multiple Editors ctags Tag File Handling Local Privilege Escalation

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
31229

Source: CCN
Type: BID-31229
Sun Solaris Text Editors Command Execution Vulnerability

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2008-2614

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
solaris-tagfiles-code-execution(45218)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
solaris-tagfiles-code-execution(45218)

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5884

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

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

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

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

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

OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:10:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:10:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

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:10::sparc:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:10::x86:*:*:*:*:*

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

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5884	V	Manipulated Tag Files used with Solaris Text Editors May Lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code	2008-11-10