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CVE-2003-1067

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-1067 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities within the dbm_open and dbminit functions in Solaris versions 2.6 through 9. These flaws allow local users to achieve root privileges by providing excessively long arguments to programs like Xsun that utilize these functions. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating some level of awareness.

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:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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/9088
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/12379
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/n-108.shtml
PatchVendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html
securityfocus.com / bid/64758
securityfocus.com / bid/7991
PatchVendor Advisory