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Vigil@nce: Sun Solaris, remote unauthorized access to Administrative Zone
August 2008 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS
An attacker can gain access to global zone (Administrative Zone)
without being authentified.
Gravity: 1/4
Consequences: privileged access/rights
Provenance: user account
Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack
Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 11/08/2008
Identifier: VIGILANCE-VUL-8007
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– OpenSolaris [confidential versions]
– Sun Solaris [confidential versions]
DESCRIPTION
Solaris can use the tool "Trusted extensions", this is a software
which add a security layer on the top of the OS in order to have a
security multilevel operating system (Label).
The software allows remote users with the same label, to gain
access to the computer without authentication.
An attacker can therefore gain access to global zone
(Administrative Zone) without being authentified.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: 240099, 6510153, VIGILANCE-VUL-8007
