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CVE-2003-0853: gnu fileutils

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2003-0853
Published 25-10-2003Last modified 08-08-2024

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.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
11.09%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 25-10-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last 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 version

EPSS 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

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
11.09%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified

    Coreutils 4.5.x - LS Width Argument Integer Overflow

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • coreutils< 5.2.1-1
Gnu1 product
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

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