VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2003-0476

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2003-08-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The execve system call in Linux 2.4.x records the file descriptor of the executable process in the file table of the calling process, which allows local users to gain read access to restricted file descriptors.

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