CVE-2003-1058

Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 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: 2003-12-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Xsun server for Sun Solaris 2.6 through 9, when running in Direct Graphics Access (DGA) mode, allows local users to cause a denial of service (Xsun crash) or to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the system, probably via a symlink attack on temporary server files.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 2.6, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Sunos: 5.7, 5.8

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/10346
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57419-1
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-033.shtml
http://www.osvdb.org/2892
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9147
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13890
http://secunia.com/advisories/10346
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57419-1
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-033.shtml
http://www.osvdb.org/2892
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9147
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13890

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