CVE-2003-0740 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Stunnel versions 4.00, and 3.24 and earlier, where a privileged file descriptor is leaked, allowing local users to hijack the Stunnel server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a medium severity, with a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:3.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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