CVE-2003-0214 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

run-mailcap in mime-support 3.22 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published: 2003-04-26

Score: 4.6 Medium

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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.12:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.13:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.14:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.15:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.16:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.17:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.18:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.19:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.20:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.21:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0209	run-mailcap in mime-support 3.22 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00061.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-292

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Debian Mime-support

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-26T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:07:45.057Z

Reserved: 2003-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0214

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-05-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0214

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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