Published: 02/07/2001 Updated: 30/10/2018

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 725

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Buffer overflow in Xsun in Solaris 8 and previous versions allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long HOME environmental variable.

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source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/2561/info The X11 server that ships with Sun Microsystems' Solaris, Xsun, contains a locally exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability The condition is present when the value of the HOME environment variable is of excessive length (more than 1050 bytes long) An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0158.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2561 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A555 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6343 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20743/

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