CVE-2007-3717 Command injection in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges on Sun Solaris by exploiting improper handling of helper applications in rcp via crafted filenames.
- 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-2007-3717?
CVE-2007-3717 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 12 Jul 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
rcp on Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 before 20070710 does not properly call certain helper applications, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating files with certain names, possibly containing shell metacharacters or spaces, a similar issue to CVE-2006-0225.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3717?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3717?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2007-3717 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3717 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Sunos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wm2m-wxgh-453h.