CVE-2003-0671 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in tcpflow, when used in a setuid context, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the device name argument, as demonstrated in Sustworks IPNetSentryX and IPNetMonitorX the setuid program RunTCPFlow.

Published: 2003-08-14

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:jeremy_elson:tcpflow:0.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:jeremy_elson:tcpflow:0.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:jeremy_elson:tcpflow:0.12:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:jeremy_elson:tcpflow:0.20:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0665	Format string vulnerability in tcpflow, when used in a setuid context, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the device name argument, as demonstrated in Sustworks IPNetSentryX and IPNetMonitorX the setuid program RunTCPFlow.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0055.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a080703-1.txt
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a080703-2.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Jeremy Elson Tcpflow

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-08-14T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:49:26.354Z

Reserved: 2003-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0671

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-08-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:02:37.520

Link: CVE-2003-0671

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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