Description
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the Java Service in Sun Microsystems SunScreen Firewall on SunOS 5.9 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a modified (1) PATH or (2) LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.
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
- Sun Microsystems SunScreen Firewall - Privilege Escalation EDB-16041 · remote · Jan 25, 2011
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 16041 exploit
- 45963 vdb-entry
- sunscreen-ldlibrarypath-privilege-escalation(64887) vdb-entry