CVE-2003-0609

high

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the runtime linker, ld.so.1, on Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LD_PRELOAD environment variable.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3601

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12755

http://www.osvdb.org/8722

http://www.idefense.com/advisory/07.29.03.txt

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55680

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105951760418667&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-08-27

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H