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CVE-2009-0873

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2009-03-11 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The NFS daemon (aka nfsd) in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_106, when NFSv3 is used, does not properly implement combinations of security modes, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and read or modify files, as demonstrated by a combination of the sec=sys and sec=krb5 security modes, related to modes that "override each other."

Affected Platforms

Sun SolarisSun OpensolarisSun Sunos

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References