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