Buffer overflow in Xsun in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long HOME environmental variable.

Buffer overflow in ufsrestore in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long pathname.

Buffer overflow in Solaris chkperm command allows local users to gain root access via a long -n option.

The ToolTalk ttsession daemon uses weak RPC authentication, which allows a remote attacker to execute commands.

The BSD profil system call allows a local user to modify the internal data space of a program via profiling and execve.

The Red Hat Linux su program does not log failed password guesses if the su process is killed before it times out, which allows local attackers to conduct brute force password guessing.

rpc.statd allows remote attackers to forward RPC calls to the local operating system via the SMMON and SMNOTIFY commands, which in turn could be used to remotely exploit other bugs such as in automountd.

The passwd command in Solaris can be subjected to a denial of service.

Buffer overflow in Sun's ping program can give root access to local users.

SunOS/Solaris FTP clients can be forced to execute arbitrary commands from a malicious FTP server.

Buffer overflow in the libauth library in Solaris allows local users to gain additional privileges, possibly root access.

Buffer overflows in Sun libnsl allow root access.

Solaris rpcbind can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root access.

FTP servers can allow an attacker to connect to arbitrary ports on machines other than the FTP client, aka FTP bounce.

niscachemgr for Solaris NIS+ allows attackers to add malicious NIS+ servers.

Solaris sysdef command allows local users to read kernel memory, potentially leading to root privileges.

In SunOS or Solaris, a remote user could connect from an FTP server's data port to an rlogin server on a host that trusts the FTP server, allowing remote command execution.

Buffer overflow in SunOS/Solaris ps command.

Buffer overflow in nssnisplus.so.1 library in NIS+ in Solaris 2.3 and 2.4 allows local users to gain root privileges.

Buffer overflow in eeprom in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Command execution in Sun systems via buffer overflow in the at program.

Solaris rpcbind listens on a high numbered UDP port, which may not be filtered since the standard port number is 111.

Buffer overflow in (1) pluggable authentication module (PAM) on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.5 and (2) unixscheme in Solaris 2.4 and 2.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via programs that use these modules such as passwd, yppasswd, and nispasswd.

Buffer overflow in Xt library of X Windowing System allows local users to execute commands with root privileges.

Buffer overflow in xlock program allows local users to execute commands as root.

Buffer overflow in Solaris fdformat command gives root access to local users.

The Sun sdtcmconvert calendar utility for OpenWindows has a buffer overflow which can gain root access.

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.