CVE-2010-0271 Security feature bypass in n/a
Physically proximate attackers can bypass hardware change auditing in OpenSolaris HAL due to missing privileges, avoiding detection of device modifications.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-0271?
CVE-2010-0271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 8 Jan 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
hald in Sun OpenSolaris snv_51 through snv_130 does not have the proc_audit privilege during unspecified attempts to write to the auditing log, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to avoid detection of changes to the set of connected hardware devices supporting the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) specification.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0271?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Opensolaris.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0271?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0271 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2010-0271 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0271 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r59v-2j67-g78p.