Race condition in the dircmp script in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_111, allows local users to overwrite…

Description

Race condition in the dircmp script in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_111, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, probably involving a symlink attack on temporary files.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.26% · top 83% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-362 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-362 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• solaris-dircmp-file-overwrite(49526) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 34316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1105 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-140.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6183 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 34558 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-138897-01-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 253468 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 34813 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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, 05:04 UTC.