CVE-2004-1767

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: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The kernel in Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, and 9 allows local users to gain privileges by loading arbitrary loadable kernel modules (LKM), possibly involving the modload function.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 2.6, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Sunos: 5.7, 5.8

References

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57479-1
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702526
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9477
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14917
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4532
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57479-1
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/702526
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9477
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14917
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4532

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