National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-0800
Original release date:08/24/2004
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Format string vulnerability in CDE Mailer (dtmail) on Solaris 8 and 9 allows local users to gain privileges via format strings in the argv[0] value.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#928598
Name: VU#928598
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: IDEFENSE
Name: 20040824 CDE Mailer argv[0] Format String Vulnerability
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: dtmail-argv-format-string(17095)
External Source: BID
Name: 11027
External Source: CIAC
Name: O-202
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4030
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4030
Type: Tool Signature
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4030
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
