CVE-2003-1426
Openwebmail in cPanel 5.0, when run using suid Perl, adds the directory in the SCRIPT_FILENAME environment variable to Perl's @INC include array, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying SCRIPT_FILENAME to reference a directory…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Openwebmail in cPanel 5.0, when run using suid Perl, adds the directory in the SCRIPT_FILENAME environment variable to Perl's @INC include array, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying SCRIPT_FILENAME to reference a directory containing a malicious openwebmail-shared.pl executable.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-16
- Affected
- cpanel/cpanel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0087.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6885Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11357
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0087.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6885Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11357
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.