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CVE-2003-1068 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in utmp_update for Solaris 2.6 through 9 all)

Buffer overflow in utmp_update for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges, as identified by Sun BugID 4659277, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1082.

CVE IDCVE-2003-1068
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-06-06
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in utmp_update for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges, as identified by Sun BugID 4659277, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1082.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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