CVE-2003-0949 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in xsok 1.02, where the software fails to properly drop privileges before executing the "gunzip" program. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with elevated permissions. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity with local access required and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:michael_bischoff:xsok:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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