National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2000-0471
Original release date:06/14/2000
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in ufsrestore in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long pathname.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#36866
Name: VU#36866
External Source: BID
Name: 1348
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: sol-ufsrestore-bo
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 1398
External Source: SUN
Name: 00210
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20000614 Vulnerability in Solaris ufsrestore
