7.2high
CVE-2003-0489
tcptraceroute 1.4 and earlier does not fully drop privileges after obtaining a file descriptor for capturing packets, which may allow local…
Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.2
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 35%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
tcptraceroute 1.4 and earlier does not fully drop privileges after obtaining a file descriptor for capturing packets, which may allow local users to gain access to the descriptor via a separate vulnerability in tcptraceroute.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.41% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
- debian.org /security/2003/dsa-330 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2003-0489
- NVD: CVE-2003-0489
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