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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.