CVE-2007-5225
Integer signedness error in FIFO filesystems (named pipes) on Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allows local users to read the contents of…
- 4.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.98%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 37% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Integer signedness error in FIFO filesystems (named pipes) on Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allows local users to read the contents of unspecified memory locations via a negative maximum length value to the I_PEEK ioctl.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Solaris 8/9/10 - 'fifofs I_PEEK' Local Kernel Memory Leak (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5227local, solarispublished 10 Mar 2008Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 5227 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 4516 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.98% · top 37% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- 20071004 Re: iDefense Security Advisory 10.02.07: Sun Microsystems Solaris FIFO FS Information Disclosure Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 27654 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 5227 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 27024 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-463.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 25905 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- solaris-namedpipes-information-disclosure(36918) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4516 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2170 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 103061 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 1018766 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20071002 Sun Microsystems Solaris FIFO FS Information Disclosure Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_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-2007-5205 (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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