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CVE-2003-0282

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0282 is a directory traversal vulnerability in UnZip 5.50, affecting various Info-ZIP and SCO OpenLinux products. Attackers can exploit this by crafting archives with invalid characters between two dot characters, which are then filtered to create a ".." sequence, allowing arbitrary file overwrites. With a CVSS score of 2.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), it has a low severity, requiring high attack complexity and resulting in partial integrity impact. While not in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.50CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sco:openlinux_server:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sco:openlinux_workstation:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
22.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22584 · May 10, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2253 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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 (9)

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-2003-0282Moderate

security flaw

May 9, 2003

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-031.0.txt
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
download.immunix.org / ImmunixOS/7+/Updates/errata/IMNX-2003-7+-017-01
marc.info
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/12004
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A619
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/n-111.shtml
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-344
info-zip.org / FAQ.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-199.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-200.html
securityfocus.com / bid/7550
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
turbolinux.com / security/TLSA-2003-42.txt