CVE-2003-1588

Sun Cluster 2.2, when HA-Oracle or HA-Sybase DBMS services are used, stores database credentials in cleartext in a cluster configuration file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

Published: 2010-02-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1588 is rated Low Risk (14.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1588

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 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.27% +0.21%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1588

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.9 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1588

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1588

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun cluster 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:cluster:2.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1588

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