VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2003-0501

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.83%
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 /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.

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