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