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CVE-2003-1056

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 2.6, 7.0, 8.0
• Sunos: 5.7, 5.8

References

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

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