CVE-2003-0609 EXPLOIT
7.2
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.5% (pctl 89)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the runtime linker, ld.so.1, on Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LD_PRELOAD environment variable.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.2 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 3.52% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2003-08-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sun | solaris |
| sun | sunos |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Solaris 2.6/7/8/9 (SPARC) - 'ld.so.1' Local Privilege Escalation | 2004-12-24 |
| exploit-db | Solaris Runtime Linker (SPARC) - 'ld.so.1' Local Buffer Overflow | 2003-10-27 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105951760418667&w=2
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55680
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/07.29.03.txt
- http://www.osvdb.org/8722
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12755
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3601
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105951760418667&w=2
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55680
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/07.29.03.txt
- http://www.osvdb.org/8722
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12755
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3601
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