VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2003-0034
Buffer overflow in the mtink status monitor, as included in the printer-drivers package in Mandrake Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.30%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the mtink status monitor, as included in the printer-drivers package in Mandrake Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.30% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- jean-jacques sarton/mtink
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0029.html
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/01.21.03.txtExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:010
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6656
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005959
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0029.html
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/01.21.03.txtExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:010
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6656
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005959
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.