CVE-2003-0937 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting SCO UnixWare 7.1.1, 7.1.3, and Open UNIX 8.0.0. A local attacker can bypass address space protections by obtaining a procfs file descriptor for a process ID (PID) and then executing a setuid/setgid program, leaving the descriptor open to the user. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_unix:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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