Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 3, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-1071
CVE-2003-1071
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.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 2.6 through 9
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
8- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/944241nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305105nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/7825/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6509nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11608nvd
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