CVE-2003-0609: sun solaris
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2003-0609 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in sun solaris. EPSS estimates a 3.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 01-08-2003PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.52%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
89%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 3.52% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundSolaris 2.6/7/8/9 (SPARC) - 'ld.so.1' Local Privilege Escalation
Maturity: weaponized
Solaris Runtime Linker (SPARC) - 'ld.so.1' Local Buffer Overflow
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
1 vendor · 2 products
References
6 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3601VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL