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CVE-2003-0074

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0074 describes a format string vulnerability in the plpnfsd component of the plptools package. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through the debuglog, errorlog, and infolog functions. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions across various platforms.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plptools:plptools:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0119 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
marc.info
iss.net / security_center/static/11193.php
securityfocus.com / bid/6715
PatchVendor Advisory