CVE-2003-1578

Exp

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 hide HTTP requests from the log-preview functionality by accompanying the requests with crafted DNS responses specifying a domain name beginning with a "format=" substring, related to an "Inverse Lookup Log Corruption (ILLC)" issue.

Published: 2010-02-05 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-1578 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-1578

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1578

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.36% 0.29% -0.07%
2 2024-12-17 0.34% 0.36% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1578

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1578

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1578

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun one_web_server <= 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:*:sp12:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp10:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp11:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp8:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp9:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server <= 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:*:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:6.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:6.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1578

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