CVE-2003-1082 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in utmp_update for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges, as identified by Sun BugID 4705891, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1068.

Published: 2005-02-08

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-1072	Buffer overflow in utmp_update for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges, as identified by Sun BugID 4705891, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1068.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

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 0.00253.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/7892
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-50008-1
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-105.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/596748
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6639
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005935
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11083

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Solaris Sunos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-08T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:12:36.066Z

Reserved: 2005-02-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-1082

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-1082

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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