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CVE-2003-1577· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Sun ONE (aka iPlanet) Web Server 4.1 through SP12 and 6.0 through SP5, when DNS resolution is enabled for client IP addresses, allows remote

Sun ONE (aka iPlanet) Web Server 4.1 through SP12 and 6.0 through SP5, when DNS resolution is enabled for client IP addresses, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary text into log files, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks involving the iPlanet Log Analyzer, via an HTTP request in conjunction with a crafted DNS response, related to an "Inverse Lookup Log Corruption (ILLC)" issue, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1315 and CVE-2002-1316.

LowCVSS 2.6 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Feb 5, 2010
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.1% · 63th percentile
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Action score

10

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
10 / 40 · 2.6 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.1%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
sunone web server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • sun one web serverup to 4.1 inclusive
  • sun one web serverup to 6.0 inclusive
  • sun one web server4.1
  • sun one web server6.0

Same product

sun: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2003-1126Unknown vulnerability in SunOne/iPlanet Web Server SP3 through SP5 on Windows platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2003-1590Unspecified vulnerability in Sun ONE (aka iPlanet) Web Server 6.0 SP3 through SP5 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of se
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2003-1589Unspecified vulnerability in Sun ONE (aka iPlanet) Web Server 4.1 before SP13 and 6.0 before SP6 on Windows allows attackers to cause a deni
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2003-1579Sun ONE (aka iPlanet) Web Server 6 on Windows, when DNS resolution is enabled for client IP addresses, uses a logging format that does not i
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2003-1578Sun ONE (aka iPlanet) Web Server 4.1 through SP12 and 6.0 through SP5, when DNS resolution is enabled for client IP addresses, allows remote
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2005-2094Sun SunONE web server 6.1 SP1 allows remote attackers to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS a
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack complexity
High
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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