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Vigil@nce: Solaris, file altering via Lightweight Availability Collection Tool
July 2009 by Vigil@nce
A local attacker can use a symbolic link in order to force Lightweight Availability Collection Tool to corrupt a file.
Severity: 1/4
Consequences: data creation/edition
Provenance: user shell
Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack
Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 03/07/2009
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
Sun Solaris
Sun Trusted Solaris
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Sun Lightweight Availability Collection Tool product collects information on the system availability (boot, panic and halt).
A local attacker can use a symbolic link in order to force Lightweight Availability Collection Tool to corrupt a file.
Technical details are unknown.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: 261408, 6839596, VIGILANCE-VUL-8838
