CVE-2009-4211 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the DISA Security Readiness Review (SRR) script for Solaris x86. This flaw allows local users to gain root privileges by placing a malicious executable with specific filenames (e.g., "java," "openssl," "wireshark") in arbitrary directories, which the SRR script then executes. The vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a high impact with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requires medium attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:disa:srr_for_solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.