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Sun Solaris ed Text Editor Insecure Temporary File Creation
Secunia Advisory:	SA10411	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2003-12-11
Last Update:	2005-02-10
Popularity:	11,294 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Unpatched

OS:	Sun Solaris 2.6 Sun Solaris 7 Sun Solaris 8

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CVE reference:	CVE-2003-1056

Description: A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges. The text editor "ed" creates temporary files insecurely, which can be exploit via symlink attacks to overwrite and create files on the system with the privileges of other users invoking "ed". Solution: Apply patches. -- SPARC Platform -- Solaris 2.6: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=115563&rev=01 Solaris 7: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=115565&rev=01 Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=110903&rev=06 -- x86 Platform -- Solaris 2.6: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=115564&rev=01 Solaris 7: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=115566&rev=01 Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=110904&rev=06 Changelog: 2005-02-10: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57443-1

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