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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2003-1279

S-PLUS 6.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly elevate privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/__F8499 by Sqpe, (2) /tmp/PRINT.$$.out by PRINT, (3) /tmp/SUBST$PID.TXT and /tmp/ed.cmds$PID by mustfix.hlinks, (4) /tmp/file.1…

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.33%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

S-PLUS 6.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly elevate privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/__F8499 by Sqpe, (2) /tmp/PRINT.$$.out by PRINT, (3) /tmp/SUBST$PID.TXT and /tmp/ed.cmds$PID by mustfix.hlinks, (4) /tmp/file.1 and /tmp/file.2 by sas_get, (5) /tmp/file.1 by sas_vars, and (6) /tmp/sgml2html$$tmp /tmp/sgml2html$$tmp1 /tmp/sgml2html$$tmp2 by sglm2html.

CVSS 2.0
4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
0.33% probability · 26th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.