CVE-2003-0367 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the znew utility within the gzip package, affecting Debian Linux and GNU gzip. An attacker can exploit this by creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file, allowing znew to overwrite that file during its temporary file operations. With a CVSS score of 2.1, this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access and user interaction to achieve a low impact on integrity (data modification). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat profile.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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