CVE-2003-0489

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

07/08/2003

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

tcptraceroute 1.4 and earlier does not fully drop privileges after obtaining a file descriptor for capturing packets, which may allow local users to gain access to the descriptor via a separate vulnerability in tcptraceroute.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:michael_c._toren:tcptraceroute::::::::		1.4 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-330
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-330