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CVE-2003-1056

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-1056 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the 'ed' editor within Sun Solaris versions 2.6, 7, and 8. This flaw allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on temporary files. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring local access and low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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

secunia.com / advisories/10411
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/13952
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
auscert.org.au / render.html
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 2955
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/9199
PatchVendor Advisory