{"vuid":"VU#694782","idnumber":"694782","name":"Sun Solaris passwd command allows for privilege escalation","keywords":["Sun Solaris","passwd(1)","privilege escalation"],"overview":"Sun Solaris contains a vulnerability in the passwd(1) command which could allow for privilege escalation.","clean_desc":"The passwd command is used to update a user's authentication token(s). There is non-specific vulnerability identified in Sun Security Alert ID: 57454. This vulnerability could allow a local unprivileged user to gain root privileges.","impact":"A local unprivileged user may gain root privileges.","resolution":"Apply Patch\nAccording to Sun Microsystems, this issue is resolved in the following releases: SPARC Platform Solaris 8 with patch 108993-32 or later \nSolaris 9 with patch 113476-11 or later x86 Platform Solaris 8 with patch 108994-32 or later \nSolaris 9 with patch 114242-07 or later","workarounds":"","sysaffected":"","thanks":"Sun Microsystems credits Tim Wort for reporting this vulnerability.","author":"This document was written by Damon Morda.","public":["http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57454","http://secunia.com/advisories/10992/","http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-088.shtml"],"cveids":[""],"certadvisory":"","uscerttechnicalalert":null,"datecreated":"2004-02-27T16:28:34Z","publicdate":"2004-02-26T00:00:00Z","datefirstpublished":"2004-03-05T16:26:32Z","dateupdated":"2004-03-05T16:26:41Z","revision":9,"vrda_d1_directreport":"","vrda_d1_population":"","vrda_d1_impact":"","cam_widelyknown":"15","cam_exploitation":"0","cam_internetinfrastructure":"10","cam_population":"15","cam_impact":"20","cam_easeofexploitation":"10","cam_attackeraccessrequired":"10","cam_scorecurrent":"14.0625","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknown":"16.875","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknownexploited":"28.125","ipprotocol":"","cvss_accessvector":"","cvss_accesscomplexity":"","cvss_authentication":null,"cvss_confidentialityimpact":"","cvss_integrityimpact":"","cvss_availabilityimpact":"","cvss_exploitablity":null,"cvss_remediationlevel":"","cvss_reportconfidence":"","cvss_collateraldamagepotential":"","cvss_targetdistribution":"","cvss_securityrequirementscr":"","cvss_securityrequirementsir":"","cvss_securityrequirementsar":"","cvss_basescore":"","cvss_basevector":"","cvss_temporalscore":"","cvss_environmentalscore":"","cvss_environmentalvector":"","metric":14.0625,"vulnote":null}