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CVE-2002-0089

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-03-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in admintool in Solaris 2.5 through 8 allows local users to gain root privileges via long arguments to (1) the -d command line option, or (2) the PRODVERS argument in the .cdtoc file.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 2.6, 8.0
• Sunos: 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.7

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270122
• http://www.esecurityonline.com/advisories/eSO2397.asp
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8954.php
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8955.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4624
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A67
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A68
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270122
• http://www.esecurityonline.com/advisories/eSO2397.asp
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8954.php
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8955.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4624

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