CVE-2003-1071 Other in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 8 Feb 2005 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Local users can spoof sender identities in wall messages by manipulating stderr, potentially misleading recipients about message origin.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2003-1071?

CVE-2003-1071 is a low-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 8 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

rpc.walld (wall daemon) for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to send messages to logged on users that appear to come from arbitrary user IDs by closing stderr before executing wall, then supplying a spoofed from header.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1071?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2003-1071?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1071 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2003-1071 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-1071 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Sun Solaris vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as CVE-2003-1130, GHSA-qjwp-x435-mm74.