CVE-2002-1871: Sun Solaris

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

pkgadd in Sun Solaris 2.5.1 through 8 installs files setuid/setgid root if the pkgmap file contains a "?" (question mark) in the (1) mode, (2) owner, or (3) group fields, which allows attackers to elevate privileges.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: version 2.6 only
• Sun Sunos: version 5.5.1 only; version 5.7 only; version 5.8 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.