CVE-2002-0158 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Xsun, affecting Solaris versions 2.6 through 8. A local attacker can exploit this by providing a long -co (color database) command line argument, leading to root privilege escalation. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a critical impact with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, and requires low attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, and there is significant community discussion surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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