CVE-2009-3468 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can execute arbitrary commands or bypass Mandatory Access Control policies in Sun Solaris 10 when Trusted Extensions is enabled.

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-2009-3468?

CVE-2009-3468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 29 Sep 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Common Desktop Environment (CDE) in Sun Solaris 10, when Trusted Extensions is enabled, allow local users to execute arbitrary commands or bypass the Mandatory Access Control (MAC) policy via unknown vectors, related to a menu typo and the Style Manager.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3468?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3468?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3468 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2009-3468 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Sun Solaris vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vfrc-8p6x-x2rc.

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