CVE-2003-1575

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2010-01-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

VERITAS File System (VxFS) 3.3.3, 3.4, and 3.5 before MP1 Rolling Patch 02 for Sun Solaris 2.5.1 through 9 does not properly implement inheritance of default ACLs in certain circumstances related to the characteristics of a directory inode, which allows local users to bypass intended file permissions by accessing a file on a VxFS filesystem.

Affected products

Symantec Vxfs: 3.3.3, 3.4, 3.5

References

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-113207-05-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200161-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-113207-05-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200161-1

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