CVE-2005-2072
N/A
Published: June 29, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSolarisSunos
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034730.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034731.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034738.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/15841Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101794-1x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=3497Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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