CVE-2003-0853: gnu fileutils
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2003-0853 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in gnu fileutils. EPSS estimates a 11.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 25-10-2003PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An integer overflow in ls in the fileutils or coreutils packages may allow local users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a large -w value, which could be remotely exploited via applications that use ls, such as wu-ftpd.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
11.09%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 11.09% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Coreutils 4.5.x - LS Width Argument Integer Overflow
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Debian1 product
- coreutils< 5.2.1-1
Gnu1 product
- fileutils4.0 | 4.0.36 | 4.1 | 4.1.6 | 4.1.7
Washington_university1 product
- wu-ftpd2.4.1 | 2.4.2_beta2 | 2.4.2_beta18 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr4 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr5 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr6 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr7 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr8 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr9 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr10 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr11 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr12 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr13 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr14 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr15 | 2.4.2_vr16 | 2.4.2_vr17 | 2.5.0 | 2.6.0 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2
3 vendors · 3 products
References
14 links- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-213.pdfX Refsource CONFIRM
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012548.htmlMailing ListX Refsource FULLDISC
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- www.guninski.com/binls.htmlX Refsource MISC