CVE-2003-0937 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SCO UnixWare 7.1.1, 7.1.3, and Open UNIX 8.0.0 allows local users to bypass protections for the "as" address space file for a process ID (PID) by obtaining a procfs file descriptor for the file and calling execve() on a setuid or setgid program, which leaves the descriptor open to the user.

Published: 2003-11-18

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_unix:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0927	SCO UnixWare 7.1.1, 7.1.3, and Open UNIX 8.0.0 allows local users to bypass protections for the "as" address space file for a process ID (PID) by obtaining a procfs file descriptor for the file and calling execve() on a setuid or setgid program, which leaves the descriptor open to the user.

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 0.00089.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/CSSA-2003-SCO.32/CSSA-2003-SCO.32.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106865297403687&w=2
http://www.texonet.com/advisories/TEXONET-20031024.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Sco Open Unix Unixware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-11-18T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:12:35.455Z

Reserved: 2003-11-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0937

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-12-15T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-0937

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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