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CVE-2003-0262

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0262 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in leksbot 1.2.3 on Debian GNU/Linux. The KATAXWR component is incorrectly installed with setuid root permissions, allowing local users to gain root access by exploiting unspecified weaknesses within this elevated context. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring local access and low attack complexity. While no active exploitation is confirmed and community discussion is minimal, an exploit for "Multiple Vulnerabilities" in Leksbot 1.2 exists on ExploitDB, though its direct relevance to this specific CVE's mechanism is unclear.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:leksbot:leksbot:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22567 · May 6, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 3,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/11945
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-299
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/7505