CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-1076

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in the whodo tool in Solaris SunOS versions 5.5.1 through 5.8 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long SOR or CFIME environment variable.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability poses a security risk as local users can gain unauthorized access to the system and perform malicious actions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Solaris to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access for local users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in whodo in Solaris SunOS 5.5.1 through 5.8 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) SOR or (2) CFIME environment variable.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS