Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-3880 - USE of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in SUN NET Connect Software 3.2.3/3.2.4

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
CWE-134
nessus

Summary

Format string vulnerability in srsexec in Sun Remote Services (SRS) Net Connect 3.2.3 and 3.2.4, as distributed in the SRS Proxy Core (SUNWsrspx) package, allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in unspecified input that is logged through syslog.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Sun
3
Application
Sun
2

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Format String Injection
    An attacker includes formatting characters in a string input field on the target application. Most applications assume that users will provide static text and may respond unpredictably to the presence of formatting character. For example, in certain functions of the C programming languages such as printf, the formatting character %s will print the contents of a memory location expecting this location to identify a string and the formatting character %n prints the number of DWORD written in the memory. An attacker can use this to read or write to memory locations or files, or simply to manipulate the value of the resulting text in unexpected ways. Reading or writing memory may result in program crashes and writing memory could result in the execution of arbitrary code if the attacker can write to the program stack.
  • String Format Overflow in syslog()
    This attack targets the format string vulnerabilities in the syslog() function. An attacker would typically inject malicious input in the format string parameter of the syslog function. This is a common problem, and many public vulnerabilities and associated exploits have been posted.

Nessus

  • NASL familySolaris Local Security Checks
    NASL idSOLARIS10_125713-02.NASL
    descriptionNetConnect 3.2.3: srsexec patch for Solaris 8/9/10. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Oct/22/07
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id107434
    published2018-03-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/107434
    titleSolaris 10 (sparc) : 125713-02
  • NASL familySolaris Local Security Checks
    NASL idSOLARIS8_125713.NASL
    descriptionNetConnect 3.2.3: srsexec patch for Solaris 8/9/10. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Oct/22/07
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id25281
    published2007-05-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25281
    titleSolaris 8 (sparc) : 125713-02
  • NASL familySolaris Local Security Checks
    NASL idSOLARIS10_125713.NASL
    descriptionNetConnect 3.2.3: srsexec patch for Solaris 8/9/10. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Oct/22/07 This plugin has been deprecated and either replaced with individual 125713 patch-revision plugins, or deemed non-security related.
    last seen2019-02-21
    modified2018-07-30
    plugin id25276
    published2007-05-20
    reporterTenable
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=25276
    titleSolaris 10 (sparc) : 125713-02 (deprecated)
  • NASL familySolaris Local Security Checks
    NASL idSOLARIS9_125713.NASL
    descriptionNetConnect 3.2.3: srsexec patch for Solaris 8/9/10. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Oct/22/07
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id25285
    published2007-05-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25285
    titleSolaris 9 (sparc) : 125713-02