Description
/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and values of arbitrary processes via the -e option.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Solaris 8/9 - '/usr/ucb/ps' Local Information Leak EDB-2242 · local · Aug 22, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ADV-2006-1123 vdb-entry
- 1015833 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1470 vdb-entry signature
- 19426 third-party-advisory
- solaris-ps-information-disclosure(25460) vdb-entry
- 102215 vendor-advisory
- http://www.sunmanagers.org/archives/1996/1383.html
- 19662 vdb-entry
- 24200 vdb-entry