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 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 Solaris getopt in libc allows local users to gain root privileges via a long argv[0].
The CDE dtspcd daemon allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a symlink attack.
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.
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.
SunOS/Solaris FTP clients can be forced to execute arbitrary commands from a malicious FTP server.
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.
Kodak Color Management System (KCMS) on Solaris allows a local user to write to arbitrary files and gain root access.
vold in Solaris 2.x allows local users to gain root access.
admintool in Solaris allows a local user to write to arbitrary files and gain root access.
Buffer overflow in ffbconfig in Solaris 2.5.1.
Solaris ufsrestore buffer overflow.
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.