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CVE-2003-0977

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0977 describes a vulnerability in CVS servers prior to version 1.11.10, allowing attackers to create arbitrary directories and files in the file system root via malformed module requests. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) is remotely exploitable with low complexity and no authentication, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. 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
1.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.10.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.11.1_p1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0229 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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 (3)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cvs-0:1.11.2-14
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0977Low

security flaw

Dec 17, 2003

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20040103-01-U.asc
patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
ccvs.cvshome.org / servlets/NewsItemView
Patch
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/10601
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/13929
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11528
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A855
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A866
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-422
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-003.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-004.html