HIGH
The default installation of sadmind on Solaris uses weak authentication (AUTH_SYS), which allows local and remote attackers to spoof Solstice AdminSuite clients and gain root privileges via a certain sequence of RPC packets
Published Sep 17, 2003
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 88.77%
Description
The default installation of sadmind on Solaris uses weak authentication (AUTH_SYS), which allows local and remote attackers to spoof Solstice AdminSuite clients and gain root privileges via a certain sequence of RPC packets.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
88.77% 0.88765
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.88765
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 88.77% (0.88765) | 99.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 88.77% (0.88765) | 99.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 86.80% (0.86795) | 99.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 85.68% (0.85678) | 99.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 87.69% (0.87689) | 99.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 87.09% (0.87095) | 99.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 89.39% (0.89395) | 99.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 87.09% (0.87095) | 99.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 89.39% (0.89395) | 99.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 87.09% (0.87095) | 99.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 16, 2025 | 89.61% (0.89607) | 99.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 15, 2025 | 88.43% (0.88434) | 99.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 89.61% (0.89607) | 99.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 96.92% (0.96925) | 99.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 15, 2024 | 96.92% (0.96925) | 99.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 26, 2024 | 97.03% (0.97031) | 99.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 2, 2023 | 97.07% (0.97073) | 99.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 96.99% (0.96994) | 99.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 97.11% (0.97110) | 99.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 67.43% (0.67427) | 99.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 67.43% (0.67427) | 98.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0115.html mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106391959014331&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9742 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-56740-1&searchclause=security vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-148.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/09.16.03.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/41870 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8615 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1273 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0115.html | mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106391959014331&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/9742 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-56740-1&searchclause=security | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT | |
| http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-148.shtml | third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC | |
| http://www.idefense.com/advisory/09.16.03.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/41870 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8615 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1273 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 17, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Sep 2, 2003
Link CVE-2003-0722
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a