CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0089

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in the admintool in Solaris 2.5 through 8 allows local users to gain root privileges via long arguments to the -d command line option or the PRODVERS argument in the .cdtoc file.

Risk Assessment

Local users can gain unauthorized access to the system with administrator privileges, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Solaris system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to the admintool only to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in admintool in Solaris 2.5 through 8 allows local users to gain root privileges via long arguments to (1) the -d command line option, or (2) the PRODVERS argument in the .cdtoc file.

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