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.

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

Power management (Powermanagement) on Solaris 2.4 through 2.6 does not start the xlock process until after the sys-suspend has completed, which allows an attacker with physical access to input characters to the last active application from the keyboard for a short period after the system is restoring, which could lead to increased privileges.

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

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

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 the AddSuLog function of the CDE dtaction utility allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.

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.

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

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

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

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

Buffer overflow in SunOS/Solaris ps command.

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

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

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

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

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.

vold in Solaris 2.x allows local users to gain root access.

Multiple buffer overflows in how dtmail handles attachments allows a remote attacker to execute commands.

Buffer overflows in Sun libnsl allow root access.

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

Arbitrary file creation and program execution using FLEXlm LicenseManager, from versions 4.0 to 5.0, in IRIX.

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

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

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

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