CVE-2005-2072 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the runtime linker (ld.so) in Solaris 8, 9, and 10. By manipulating the LD_AUDIT environment variable in setuid/setgid programs to reference malicious code, local attackers can gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with low attack complexity and full impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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