CVE-2003-0308 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sendmail 8.12.3 within Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, stemming from insecure temporary file creation. This flaw could be exploited by local users through expn, checksendmail, or doublebounce.pl. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it presents a high severity risk, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.12.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.12.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.