Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0423 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in SUN Solaris 7.0

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
sun
exploit available

Summary

Buffer overflow in ipcs in Solaris 7 x86 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long TZ (timezone) environmental variable, a different vulnerability than CAN-2002-0093.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Sun
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionSolaris 7.0/8 IPCS Timezone Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVE-2001-0423. Local exploit for solaris platform
idEDB-ID:20751
last seen2016-02-02
modified2001-04-12
published2001-04-12
reporterRiley Hassell
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/20751/
titleSolaris 7.0/8 IPCS Timezone Buffer Overflow Vulnerability