CVE-2003-0501

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The /proc filesystem in Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information by opening various entries in /proc/self before executing a setuid program, which causes the program to fail to change the ownership and permissions of those entries.

The /proc filesystem in Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information by opening various entries in /proc/self before executing a setuid program, which causes the program to fail to change the ownership and permissions of those entries.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 21 years ago

2003-08-07 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-05-03 01:29:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.6.20.1

2.6.20.1

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