CVE-2005-2072
The runtime linker (ld.so) in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 trusts the LD_AUDIT environment variable in setuid or setgid programs, which allows…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 1.00%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 37% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The runtime linker (ld.so) in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 trusts the LD_AUDIT environment variable in setuid or setgid programs, which allows local users to gain privileges by (1) modifying LD_AUDIT to reference malicious code and possibly (2) using a long value for LD_AUDIT.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Solaris 9/10 - 'ld.so' Local Privilege Escalation (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1073local, solarispublished 28 Jun 2005Verified
- Solaris 9/10 - 'ld.so' Local Privilege Escalation (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1074local, solarispublished 28 Jun 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.00% · top 37% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- ADV-2005-0908 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 101794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=3497 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1014537 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20050628 Solaris 9/10 ld.so fun (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 15841 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 14074 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20050628 Solaris 9/10 ld.so fun (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20050628 Solaris 9/10 ld.so fun (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2074 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-2072)Record last updated .