Vulnerability · Published Jan 21, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-24039
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity out-of-bounds write in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A stack-based buffer overflow in ParseColors in libXm in Common Desktop Environment 1.6 can be exploited by local low-privileged users via the dtprintinfo setuid binary to escalate their privileges to root on Solaris 10 systems. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/hnsecurity/vulns/blob/main/HNS-2022-01-dtprintinfo.txt
- https://github.com/0xdea/exploits/blob/master/solaris/raptor_dtprintlibXmas.c
- https://security.humanativaspa.it/nothing-new-under-the-sun/
- 20230123 Re: HNS-2022-01 - HN Security Advisory - Multiple vulnerabilities in Solaris dtprintinfo and libXm/libXpm mailing-list