Sun Solaris up to 9.0 Memory information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris up to 9.0 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure (Memory). This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-1062. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Sun Solaris up to 9.0 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Memory). 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unknown vulnerability in the sysinfo system call for Solaris for SPARC 2.6 through 9, and Solaris for x86 2.6, 7, and 8, allows local users to read kernel memory.

The bug was discovered 10/14/2003. The weakness was shared 10/15/2003 with Sun Microsystems (Website). The advisory is shared for download at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-1062 since 02/08/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23274 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115034 (Sun Solaris sysinfo Information Disclosure Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13435), Exploit-DB (2241), Tenable (23274), SecurityFocus (BID 8831†) and OSVDB (2671†). The entry VDB-20863 is related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 23274
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10/14/2003 🔍
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02/08/2005 +482 days 🔍
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07/20/2025 +3992 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-1062 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1062
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20864
X-Force: 13435 - Sun Solaris sysinfo could allow an attacker to read memory
SecurityFocus: 8831 - Sun Solaris SysInfo System Call Kernel Memory Reading Vulnerability
Secunia: 10006
OSVDB: 2671 - Sun - Solaris - SysInfo System Call Kernel - Memory Reading Issue
Vulnerability Center: 8844 - Kernel Memory Read in Solaris via Sysinfo System Call, Low

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2014 01:08
Updated: 07/20/2025 01:50
Changes: 08/15/2014 01:08 (67), 06/08/2019 08:49 (6), 06/29/2021 09:22 (4), 07/20/2025 01:50 (20)
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