CVE-2001-1555 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

pt_chmod in Solaris 8 does not call fdetach to reset terminal privileges when users log out of terminals, which allows local users to write to other users' terminals by modifying the ACL of a TTY.

Published: 2005-07-14

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1532	pt_chmod in Solaris 8 does not call fdetach to reset terminal privileges when users log out of terminals, which allows local users to write to other users' terminals by modifying the ACL of a TTY.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00068.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securitytracker.com/id?1002732
http://securitytracker.com/id?1004035
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-43929-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3522

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Solaris Sunos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-07-14T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:37:06.676Z

Reserved: 2005-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1555

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1555

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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