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CVE-2003-03721 exploit

Signed integer vulnerability in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allows local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of servic…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.6
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.9%
percentile 60%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Signed integer vulnerability in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allows local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing a negative argument to be provided to the insstr function as used in a NASL script.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.89% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-22634 Nessus 2.0.x - LibNASL Arbitrary Code Execution · dos · 2003-05-22

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=105364059803427&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=105369506714849&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/7664 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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