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CVE-2003-0041

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0041 describes a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Kerberos FTP client, affecting products from Mandrakesoft, MIT, and Red Hat. The flaw allows remote FTP sites to execute arbitrary code on a client system by embedding a pipe character (|) in a retrieved filename. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_ftp_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0353 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0041Moderate

security flaw

Jan 31, 2003

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0047.html
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/7979
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/8114
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-020.html
Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory