CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-2072

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In Solaris 8, 9, and 10, the runtime linker (ld.so) trusts the LD_AUDIT environment variable in setuid or setgid programs, allowing local users to gain privileges by modifying LD_AUDIT to reference malicious code or using a long value for LD_AUDIT.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with local access can gain unauthorized privilege escalation, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Update the Solaris system to a version where this behavior is fixed, or apply a security patch from the vendor. As a temporary measure, restrict trust in the LD_AUDIT variable in the context of setuid/setgid programs.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The runtime linker (ld.so) in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 trusts the LD_AUDIT environment variable in setuid or setgid programs, which allows local users to gain privileges by (1) modifying LD_AUDIT to reference malicious code and possibly (2) using a long value for LD_AUDIT.

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