The Xsun server for Sun Solaris 2.6 through 9, when running in Direct Graphics Access (DGA) mode, allows local users to cause a denial of service (Xsun crash) or to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the system, probably via a symlink attack on temporary server files.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1058
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13890
• http://secunia.com/advisories/10346
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57419-1
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-033.shtml
• http://www.osvdb.org/2892
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9147