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CVE-2003-0539

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0539 describes an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability in skk versions 12.1 and earlier, and the ddskk package. This flaw allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it is a low-severity vulnerability requiring local access (AV:L) with low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:P/I:P/A:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei, or entries in ExploitDB. The vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.6_.rel.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ddskk:ddskk:11.6_.rel.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:daredevil_skk:11.3.2:*:noarch:*:*:*:*:*
11.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:daredevil_skk:11.3.5:*:noarch:*:*:*:*:*
11.6.0-6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:daredevil_skk:11.6.0-6:*:noarch:*:*:*:*:*
11.6.0-8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:daredevil_skk:11.6.0-8:*:noarch:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 3,048 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 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0539Low

security flaw

Jul 8, 2003

References

oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A28
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-343
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-242.html