01 Record
CVE-2004-2686
Directory traversal vulnerability in the vfs_getvfssw function in Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, and 9 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via crafted (1) mount or (2) sysfs system calls. NOTE:
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the vfs_getvfssw function in Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, and 9 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via crafted (1) mount or (2) sysfs system calls. NOTE:
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 67.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-09-23 23:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-09-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3641a46cad325523c6055ddf481049d80b9c7b9cb3428b97d46a69717af8629d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com9962http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9962
- seclists.org20040407 Solaris vfs_getvfssw() local kernel exploithttp://seclists.org/bugtraq/2004/Apr/0081.html
- www.derkeiler.com20040407 Solaris vfs_getvfssw() local kernel exploithttp://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2004-04/0297.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1381https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1381
- www.immunitysec.comhttp://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/solaris_kernel_vfs.sxw.pdf
- securitytracker.com1008833http://securitytracker.com/id?1008833