Vulnerability in Sun Solaris
CVE-2003-0092
Heap-based buffer overflow in dtsession for Solaris 2.5.1 through Solaris 9 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long HOME environment variable.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (30.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sun Solaris — versions 2.6, 9.0
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.5.1, 5.7, 5.8
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1905 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/7240 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316948/30/25250/threaded (mailing-list)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0163.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)