# CVE-2003-1073: Race condition in n/a

> Local attackers can delete arbitrary files in Solaris via a race condition in the at command, requiring local access.

- **Severity:** Low 1.2 (`AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Feb 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r2ff-mfrc-wmc3

## What is CVE-2003-1073?

CVE-2003-1073 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

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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1073?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

## How do I fix CVE-2003-1073?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1073 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2003-1073 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-1073 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Sun Solaris 2.5/2.6/7.0/8/9 AT Command - Arbitrary File Deletion (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris

- [CVE-2008-3869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3869/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3870/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-4556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4556/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3093](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3093/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1081/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2003-1073 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2003-1073 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-1073 exists.

Affected product: Sun Solaris. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1073/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1073/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-1073
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1073
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-1073

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