CVE-2001-1555 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published 14 Jul 2005 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Local attackers can modify other users' terminal ACLs due to missing privilege reset in pt_chmod, enabling unauthorized terminal access.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2001-1555?

CVE-2001-1555 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 14 Jul 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

pt_chmod in Solaris 8 does not call fdetach to reset terminal privileges when users log out of terminals, which allows local users to write to other users' terminals by modifying the ACL of a TTY.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1555?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2001-1555?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1555 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2001-1555 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1555 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Sun Solaris vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pqxf-cpww-63mq.