# CVE-2002-1590: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can exploit insecure file permissions in Solaris WBEM packages to gain root privileges or cause denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Feb 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2002-2136, GHSA-74m6-3rwg-3rg6

## What is CVE-2002-1590?

CVE-2002-1590 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 8 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1590?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

## How do I fix CVE-2002-1590?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1590 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2002-1590 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1590 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris

- [CVE-2008-3869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3869/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3870/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-4556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4556/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3093](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3093/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1081/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-1590 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2002-1590 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 8 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1590 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sun Solaris. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1590/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1590/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1590
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1590
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1590

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