CVE-2009-4191 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.2 Published 3 Dec 2009 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Local attackers can exploit an unspecified kernel vulnerability in Solaris to gain elevated privileges.

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-2009-4191?

CVE-2009-4191 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 3 Dec 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris 2009.06 on the x86-64 platform allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by the vd_sol_local module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.12. NOTE: as of 20091203, this disclosure has no actionable information. However, because the VulnDisco Pack author is a reliable researcher, the issue is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4191?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2009-4191?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-4191 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2009-4191 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4191 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-8253-rfcm-h6qm.