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CVE-2003-1356

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-1356 describes an "incorrect file handling" vulnerability within the 'sort' utility in HP-UX versions 10.01 through 10.20 and 11.00 through 11.11. This flaw allows attackers to achieve unauthorized access or a denial of service through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), it indicates high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring local access and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 56th 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/hp/2003-q1/0009.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/11107
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5758
securityfocus.com / bid/6640
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