CVE-2003-0847 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in SuSEconfig.susewm within the susewm package on SuSE Linux 8.2Pro. An attacker could exploit this by using a symlink attack on the temporary file susewm.$$, allowing them to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low attack complexity and local access requirements, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules are reported, a proof-of-concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.2:*:professional:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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