CVE-2005-2072

high

Description

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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0908

http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=3497

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101794-1

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014537

http://secunia.com/advisories/15841

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034738.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-06-29

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00292