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CVE-2003-1082

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-1082 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the utmp_update function of Solaris versions 2.6 through 9, allowing local users to achieve root privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

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:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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/7892
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/11083
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Vendor Advisory
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/n-105.shtml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/596748
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/6639
securitytracker.com / id