CVE-2003-1056

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The ed editor for Sun Solaris 2.6, 7, and 8 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/10411Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57443-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3688Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/2955Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9199Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13952
http://secunia.com/advisories/10411Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57443-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3688Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/2955Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9199Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13952

Timeline

Published: Dec 11, 2003
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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