Buffer overflow in the format command in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users with access to format (such as the "File System…

Description

Buffer overflow in the format command in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users with access to format (such as the "File System Management" RBAC profile) to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4307.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.48% · top 58% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• solaris-format-rbac-bo(28519) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 19657 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 21581 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3355 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 1016727 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 22295 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2164 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 102519 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 19:06 UTC.