Sun Solaris up to 9.0 Mail information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris up to 9.0. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Mail. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2003-1080. There is no available exploit. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris up to 9.0 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Mail. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Unknown vulnerability in mail for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to read the email of other users.

The bug was discovered 02/11/2003. The weakness was presented 02/11/2003 with Sun Microsystems (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-1080 since 02/08/2005. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 74176 (Sun Solaris "mail" Security Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11303), SecurityFocus (BID 6838†), OSVDB (15144†), Secunia (SA8058†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1006084†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.8

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-1080 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1080
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20123
X-Force: 11303 - Sun Solaris mail(1) could allow unauthorized access to other user`s email
SecurityFocus: 6838 - Sun Microsystems Solaris Mail Reading Local Race Condition Vulnerability
Secunia: 8058
OSVDB: 15144 - Sun Solaris OS, Race Condition in Local Mail
SecurityTracker: 1006084
Vulnerability Center: 20850 - Sun Solaris 2.6 - 9 Local Mail Access Vulnerability, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2014 17:51
Updated: 07/20/2025 01:30
Changes: 08/07/2014 17:51 (67), 08/27/2019 09:16 (3), 07/20/2025 01:30 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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