VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-2072

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability1.00%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-06-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The runtime linker (ld.so) in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 trusts the LD_AUDIT environment variable in setuid or setgid programs, which allows local users to gain privileges by (1) modifying LD_AUDIT to reference malicious code and possibly (2) using a long value for LD_AUDIT.

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