CVE-2003-0001, known as Etherleak, is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting multiple Ethernet NIC device drivers in operating systems like FreeBSD, Linux, and Microsoft. It arises from the failure of these drivers to properly pad network frames, allowing remote attackers to extract sensitive data from previous packets or kernel memory using malformed packets. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized information access. While not currently on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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