# CVE-2009-4211: The U.S.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-12-04 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Readiness Review (SRR) script for the Solaris x86 platform executes files in arbitrary directories as root for filenames equal to (1) java, (2) openssl, (3) php, (4) snort, (5) tshark, (6) vncserver, or (7) wireshark, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433821
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023265
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37200
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508188/100/0/threaded

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