PT-2023-19372 · Oracle · Solaris

Marco Ivaldi · Published 2023-01-21 · Updated 2025-04-02 · CVE-2023-24039

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Common Desktop Environment version 1.6

Description A stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseColors function in libXm can be exploited by local low-privileged users via the dtprintinfo setuid binary to escalate their privileges to root on Solaris 10 systems. This issue only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Recommendations For Common Desktop Environment version 1.6, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the dtprintinfo setuid binary until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-24039

Affected Products

Solaris

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/0xdea/exploits/blob/master/solaris/raptor_dtprintlibXmas.c · Exploit
• 🔥 https://security.humanativaspa.it/nothing-new-under-the-sun · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24039 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/hnsecurity/vulns/blob/main/HNS-2022-01-dtprintinfo.txt · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/88503 · Telegram Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/24 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/117375 · Telegram Post