CVE-2003-0289 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in scsiopen.c of the cdrecord program in cdrtools 2.0 allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in the dev parameter.

Published: 2003-05-14

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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:cdrtools:cdrecord:1.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cdrtools:cdrecord:2.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0284	Format string vulnerability in scsiopen.c of the cdrecord program in cdrtools 2.0 allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in the dev parameter.

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 0.0013.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/cdrtools-2.01a14.tar.gz
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=54904
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105285564307225&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105286031812533&w=2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:058
http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5ZP0C2AAAC.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7565
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12007

History

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Subscriptions

Cdrtools Cdrecord

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-05-14T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:50:47.328Z

Reserved: 2003-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0289

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-06-16T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-0289

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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