CVE-2009-3706 (GCVE-0-2009-3706)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-10-16 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:09
VLAI
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the ZFS filesystem in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_100 through snv_117, allows local users to bypass intended limitations of the file_chown_self privilege via certain uses of the chown system call.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/37010 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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