VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2003-0262
leksbot 1.2.3 in Debian GNU/Linux installs the KATAXWR as setuid root, which allows local users to gain root privileges by exploiting unknown vulnerabilities related to the escalated privileges, which KATAXWR is not designed to have.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.83%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
leksbot 1.2.3 in Debian GNU/Linux installs the KATAXWR as setuid root, which allows local users to gain root privileges by exploiting unknown vulnerabilities related to the escalated privileges, which KATAXWR is not designed to have.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.83% probability · 56th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- leksbot/leksbot
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-299Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7505
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11945
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-299Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7505
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11945
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.