CVE-2003-1528

CVE-2003-1528 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Fujitsu Siemens NetWorker 6.0, specifically within the nsr_shutdown utility. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on the nsrsh[PID] temporary file, allowing them to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its low attack complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability once exploited locally. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.