Vulnerability in Sun Solaris
CVE-2003-0609
Stack-based buffer overflow in the runtime linker, ld.so.1, on Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LD_PRELOAD 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: 0.035 (88.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sun Solaris — versions 2.6, 7.0, 8.0
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.7, 5.8
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12755 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3601 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/8722 (vdb-entry)
- sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl (vendor-advisory)
- www.idefense.com/advisory/07.29.03.txt (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2003-0609?
- CVE-2003-0609 is a vulnerability in Sun Solaris. Published 2003-08-27.
- Is CVE-2003-0609 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.