CVE-2004-2686
N/A
Published: September 23, 2007 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSolarisSunos
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2004/Apr/0081.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2004-04/0297.htmlx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/solaris_kernel_vfs.sxw.pdfVDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1381Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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