CVE-2007-0393: Sun Solaris

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Sun Solaris 9 does not properly verify the status of file descriptors before setuid execution, which allows local users to gain privileges by closing file descriptor 0, 1, or 2 and then invoking a setuid program, a variant of CVE-2002-0572.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: version 9.0 only

Published 2007-01-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.