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Solaris CVE-2007-0393 Local Security Vulnerability

Solaris is prone to a local security vulnerability. Sun Solaris 9 does not properly verify the status of file descriptors before setuid execution, which allows local users to gain privileges by closing file descriptor 0, 1, or 2 and then invoking a setuid program, a variant of CVE-2002-0572.