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CVE-2001-0803

85
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0803 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability within the libDtSvc.so.1 library of the CDE Subprocess Control Service (dtspcd), impacting systems running the Common Desktop Environment. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with maximum privileges, as reflected by its CVSS score of 10.0. While not currently on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit modules exist for Solaris, indicating readily available attack tools. Despite its age and high severity, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage surrounding this particular CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open_group:cde_common_desktop_environment:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open_group:cde_common_desktop_environment:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open_group:cde_common_desktop_environment:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open_group:cde_common_desktop_environment:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open_group:cde_common_desktop_environment:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
85.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Solaris dtspcd Heap Overflow · Jul 10, 2002
ExploitDB: EDB-16323 · Apr 30, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8556 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20011107-01-P
stage.caldera.com / pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2001-SCO.30
ftp.support.compaq.com / patches/.new/html/SSRT-541.shtml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7396
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A70
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A74
sunsolve.sun.com / pub-cgi/retrieve.pl
cert.org / advisories/CA-2001-31.html
US Government Resource
cert.org / advisories/CA-2002-01.html
US Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/172583
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / advisories/3651
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/3517
PatchVendor Advisory
xforce.iss.net / alerts/advise101.php
Vendor Advisory