FKIE_CVE-2003-1073

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2003-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:03
Severity
Summary
A race condition in the at command for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via the -r argument with .. (dot dot) sequences in the job name, then modifying the directory structure after at checks permissions to delete the file and before the deletion actually takes place.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0044.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0008-sun-at.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/7960/Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-50161-1Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-070.shtml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308577
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6692
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6693
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005994
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11179
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11180
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0044.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0008-sun-at.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/7960/Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-50161-1Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-070.shtml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308577
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6692
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6693
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005994
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11179
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11180
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sun solaris 2.6
sun solaris 7.0
sun solaris 8.0
sun solaris 9.0
sun solaris 9.0
sun sunos -
sun sunos 5.5
sun sunos 5.5.1
sun sunos 5.7
sun sunos 5.8

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:03:28.460",
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