CVE-2003-0722
The default installation of sadmind on Solaris uses weak authentication (AUTH_SYS), which allows local and remote attackers to spoof Solstice AdminSuite clients and gain root privileges via a certain sequence of RPC packets.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 88.8%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The default installation of sadmind on Solaris uses weak authentication (AUTH_SYS), which allows local and remote attackers to spoof Solstice AdminSuite clients and gain root privileges via a certain sequence of RPC packets.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 88.77% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 September 2003
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sun/solaris
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 88.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0115.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106391959014331&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9742
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-56740-1&searchclause=security
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-148.shtml
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/09.16.03.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/41870US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8615
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1273
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0115.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106391959014331&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9742
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-56740-1&searchclause=security
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-148.shtml
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/09.16.03.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/41870US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8615
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1273
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.