CVE-2003-0847

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Published Oct 9, 2003 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

SuSEconfig.susewm in the susewm package on SuSE Linux 8.2Pro allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the susewm.$$ temporary file.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.2:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0838	SuSEconfig.susewm in the susewm package on SuSE Linux 8.2Pro allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the susewm.$$ temporary file.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.703% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106545972615578&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546531922379&w=2

History

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Subscriptions

Suse Suse Linux

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:05 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 9, 2003, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:05 AM
Reserved: Oct 8, 2003, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:03 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 17, 2003, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:03 PM

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