CVE-2003-1073

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-1073
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionA race condition in the at command for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via the -r argument with .. (dot dot) sequences in the job name, then modifying the directory structure after at checks permissions to delete the file and before the deletion actually takes place.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.6 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 7.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Sunos - All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.7 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#50161: Security Vulnerability with the at(1) Command on Solaris java.lang.NullPointerException af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Sun Solaris AT Command Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Neohapsis Archives - VulnWatch - [VulnWatch] Sun Microsystems Solaris at -r job name handling and race condition vulnerabilities - From cliph_at_isec.pl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
N-070: Sun Solaris at(1) Command Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
Secunia - Advisories - Solaris arbitrary file deletion af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Sun Solaris 'at' Command Race Condition Enables Local Users to Delete Arbitrary Files - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Sun Solaris AT Command Race Condition Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0008-sun-at.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 isec.pl
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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