CVE-2003-1578 — Sun ONE (aka iPlanet) Web Server 4.1 through SP12 and 6.0 through SP5, when DNS resolution is enabled for client IP addresses, allows remote attackers to hide HTTP requests from the log-preview functionality by accompanying the requests with crafted DNS responses specifying a domain name beginning with a "format=" substring, related to an "Inverse Lookup Log Corruption (ILLC)" issue

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Sun ONE (aka iPlanet) Web Server 4.1 through SP12 and 6.0 through SP5, when DNS resolution is enabled for client IP addresses, allows remote attackers to hide HTTP requests from the log-preview functionality by accompanying the requests with crafted DNS responses specifying a domain name beginning with a "format=" substring, related to an "Inverse Lookup Log Corruption (ILLC)" issue

Published Feb 5, 2010

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.10%

Description

Sun ONE (aka iPlanet) Web Server 4.1 through SP12 and 6.0 through SP5, when DNS resolution is enabled for client IP addresses, allows remote attackers to hide HTTP requests from the log-preview functionality by accompanying the requests with crafted DNS responses specifying a domain name beginning with a "format=" substring, related to an "Inverse Lookup Log Corruption (ILLC)" issue.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.10% 0.01104

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01104

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 (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.10% (0.01104)	64.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.10% (0.01104)	61.35th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.29% (0.00285)	49.95th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.34% (0.00344)	72.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.34% (0.00344)	70.79th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.34% (0.00344)	67.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201453-1
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/313867
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7012
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56633
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201453-1		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/313867		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7012		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56633		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 5, 2010

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Feb 5, 2010

Link CVE-2003-1578

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2003-1578

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2003-1578