CVE-2003-0269 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'youbin' utility, affecting versions 2.5, 3.0, and 3.4. This flaw allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by providing an excessively long HOME environment variable. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or experiencing active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:youbin:youbin:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:youbin:youbin:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:youbin:youbin:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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