CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-2686

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

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 mount or sysfs system calls.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can gain unauthorized access to the kernel, potentially leading to privilege escalation and full system compromise.

Recommendation

Apply security patches provided by the vendor (Oracle/Sun) for the affected Solaris versions and restrict local system access to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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