Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2003-1575

VERITAS File System (VxFS) 3.3.3, 3.4, and 3.5 before MP1 Rolling Patch 02 for Sun Solaris 2.5.1 through 9 does not properly implement inheritance of default ACLs in certain circumstances related to the characteristics of a directory inode, which allows local users to bypass intended file permissions by accessing a file on a VxFS filesystem.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2003-1575 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from symantec, from sun organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-01-28T20:30:00.823

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	symantec	vxfs	3.3.3	Yes
Operating System	sun	solaris	2.5.1	No
Operating System	sun	solaris	2.6	No
Operating System	sun	solaris	7.0	No
Operating System	sun	solaris	8.0	No
Application	symantec	vxfs	3.4	Yes
Application	symantec	vxfs	3.5	Yes
Operating System	sun	solaris	7.0	No
Operating System	sun	solaris	8.0	No
Operating System	sun	solaris	9.0	No

References

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-113207-05-1 Patch ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200161-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-113207-05-1 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200161-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For symantec's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.