Security readout for executives and security teams
This is a local privilege escalation in the Solaris runtime linker. A person who already has local access to Solaris 2.6 through 9 could potentially gain root privileges by abusing LD_PRELOAD handling. Business risk is concentrated in legacy Solaris systems that still permit interactive users or hosted workloads. Exposure is likely limited to legacy Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, or 9 systems where local users, service accounts, or tenants can execute processes. Internet exposure alone is not the main factor; the prerequisite is local access. Prioritize remediation if any affected Solaris host remains in production with local user access. This is old, but local root on infrastructure can become a full system compromise, especially on shared or poorly segmented legacy environments. Mitigation focus: Identify and prioritize any Solaris 2.6 through 9 systems.; Check archived Sun or Oracle guidance for vendor fixes for Sun Alert 55680.; Retire or isolate unsupported Solaris systems where patch status cannot be confirmed..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- sun-ldso1-ldpreload-bo(12755)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3601CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
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