CVE-2003-1399 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

eject 2.0.10, when installed setuid on systems such as SuSE Linux 7.3, generates different error messages depending on whether a specified file exists or not, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Published: 2007-10-19

Score: 1.9 Low

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:eject:eject:2.0.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eject:eject:2.0.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eject:eject:2.0.12:::::::*

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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-2003-1389	eject 2.0.10, when installed setuid on systems such as SuSE Linux 7.3, generates different error messages depending on whether a specified file exists or not, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

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://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0278.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6914
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11380

History

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Subscriptions

Eject Eject

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-19T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:28:03.570Z

Reserved: 2007-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-1399

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-1399

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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