CVE-2002-0088 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the admintool utility within Solaris versions 2.6, 7, and 8. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve root privileges by providing an excessively long media installation path. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), exploitation is straightforward for a local user and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known public exploits in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness, though it is not currently listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.