CVE-2003-0194 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in tcpdump, specifically affecting Red Hat Linux and Red Hat tcpdump. The flaw allows tcpdump to fail to properly drop privileges to the pcap user during startup. This local vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.4-39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:3.4-39:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.2-9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:3.6.2-9:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.2-9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:3.6.2-9:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.2-12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:3.6.2-12:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.3-3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:3.6.3-3:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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