CVE-2003-0722 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The default installation of sadmind on Solaris uses weak authentication (AUTH_SYS), which allows local and remote attackers to spoof Solstice AdminSuite clients and gain root privileges via a certain sequence of RPC packets.

Published: 2003-09-17

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 87.1% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.87095.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0115.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106391959014331&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/9742
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-56740-1&searchclause=security
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-148.shtml
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/09.16.03.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/41870
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8615
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1273

History

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Sun Solaris

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-09-17T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.319Z

Reserved: 2003-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0722

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-09-22T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0722

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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