Arbitrary file creation and program execution using FLEXlm LicenseManager, from versions 4.0 to 5.0, in IRIX.

Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.

Buffer overflow in lpr, as used in BSD-based systems including Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via a long -C (classification) command line option.

Buffer overflow in Sun's ping program can give root access to local users.

Sun/Solaris utmp file allows local users to gain root access if it is writable by users other than root.

Buffer overflow in xlock program allows local users to execute commands as root.

The passwd command in Solaris can be subjected to a denial of service.

Buffer overflow in Xt library of X Windowing System allows local users to execute commands with root privileges.

vold in Solaris 2.x allows local users to gain root access.

Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris 2009.06 on the x86-64 platform allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by the vd_sol_local module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.12. NOTE: as of 20091203, this disclosure has no actionable information. However, because the VulnDisco Pack author is a reliable researcher, the issue is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes.

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to handling of tags with (1) the -t option and (2) the :tag command in the (a) vi, (b) ex, (c) vedit, (d) view, and (e) edit programs.

Unspecified vulnerability in the VBoxNetAdpCtl configuration tool in Sun VirtualBox 3.0.x before 3.0.8 on Solaris x86, Linux, and Mac OS X allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Trusted Extensions in Sun Solaris 10 interferes with the operation of the xscreensaver-demo command for the XScreenSaver application, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation for which the intended screen locking did not occur, related to the "restart daemon."

Unspecified vulnerability in clsetup in the configuration utility in Sun Solaris Cluster 3.2 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the (1) iscsiadm and (2) iscsitadm programs in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_28 through snv_109, allow local users with certain RBAC execution profiles to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to the libima library.

Buffer overflow in Volume Manager daemon (vold) of Sun Solaris 2.5.1 through 8 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors.

Unspecified vulnerability in rsh in Sun Microsystems Sun Grid Engine 5.3 before 20060327 and N1 Grid Engine 6.0 before 20060327 allows local users to gain root privileges.

Unspecified vulnerability in the namefs kernel module in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors.

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java System Access Manager 7.0 allows local users logged in as "root" to bypass authentication and gain top-level administrator privileges via the amadmin CLI tool.

The (1) slsmgr and (2) slsadmin programs in Sun Solaris PC NetLink 2.0 create temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to gain privileges.

The Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) packages (1) SUNWwbdoc, (2) SUNWwbcou, (3) SUNWwbdev and (4) SUNWmgapp packages, when installed using Solaris 8 Update 1/01 or later, install files with world or group write permissions, which allows local users to gain root privileges or cause a denial of service.

The runtime linker (ld.so) in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 trusts the LD_AUDIT environment variable in setuid or setgid programs, which allows local users to gain privileges by (1) modifying LD_AUDIT to reference malicious code and possibly (2) using a long value for LD_AUDIT.

The kernel in Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, and 9 allows local users to gain privileges by loading arbitrary loadable kernel modules (LKM), possibly involving the modload function.

Multiple unknown vulnerabilities in Linux kernel 2.6 allow local users to gain privileges or access kernel memory, a different set of vulnerabilities than those identified in CVE-2004-0495, as found by the Sparse source code checking tool.

Unspecified vulnerability in the Solaris Secure Digital slot driver (aka sdhost) in Sun OpenSolaris snv_105 through snv_108 on the x86 platform allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (filesystem or memory corruption) via unknown vectors.

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) dbm_open function, as used in ndbm and dbm, and the (2) dbminit function in Solaris 2.6 through 9 allow local users to gain root privileges via long arguments to Xsun or other programs that use these functions.

Unspecified vulnerability in the process (aka proc) filesystem in Sun OpenSolaris snv_85 through snv_100 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to the contract filesystem.

Heap overflow in xlock in Solaris 2.6 through 8 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long (1) XFILESEARCHPATH or (2) XUSERFILESEARCHPATH environmental variable.

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

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

Buffer overflow in arp command in Solaris 7 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long -f parameter.

Buffer overflow in ximp40 shared library in Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "arg0" (process name) argument.

Buffer overflow in dtsession on Solaris, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.

Buffer overflow in ufsrestore in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long pathname.

Buffer overflow in /usr/bin/write in Solaris 2.6 and 7 allows local users to gain privileges via a long string in the terminal name argument.

ucbmail allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters that are passed to it from INN.

Solaris 2.6 HW3/98 installs admintool with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing it with a Trojan horse program.

Buffer overflow in Solaris 7 lp allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -d option.

The cancel command in Solaris 2.6 (i386) has a buffer overflow that allows local users to obtain root access.

Buffer overflow in CDE dtmail and dtmailpr programs allows local users to gain privileges via a long -f option.

Buffer overflow in (1) pluggable authentication module (PAM) on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.5 and (2) unix_scheme in Solaris 2.4 and 2.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via programs that use these modules such as passwd, yppasswd, and nispasswd.

Vulnerability in in.rlogind in SunOS 4.0.3 and 4.0.3c allows local users to gain root privileges.

SunOS 4.1.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via "LD_*" environmental variables to certain dynamically linked setuid or setgid programs such as (1) login, (2) su, or (3) sendmail, that change the real and effective user ids to the same user.

Buffer overflow in chkey in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 10 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Kernel.

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 10 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to CDE - Power Management Utility.

NFS on SunOS 4.1 through 4.1.2 ignores the high order 16 bits in a 32 bit UID, which allows a local user to gain root access if the lower 16 bits are set to 0, as fixed by the NFS jumbo patch upgrade.

Solaris rpcbind can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root access.

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 11 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Kernel/VM