Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2003-0547 First vendor Publication 2003-08-27
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-10-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

GDM before 2.4.1.6, when using the "examine session errors" feature, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the ~/.xsession-errors file.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0547

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:112
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:112
Title: GDM Examine Errors Symlink Vulnerability
Description: GDM before 2.4.1.6, when using the "examine session errors" feature, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the ~/.xsession-errors file.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2003-0547
 Version: 2
Platform(s): Red Hat Linux 9
 Product(s): GDM
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 7
Application 2

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
2461 GDM .xsession-errors Symlink Arbitrary File Read

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2004-07-31 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2003-085.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2003-259.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BUGTRAQ http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106194792924122&w=2
CONECTIVA http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000729
CONFIRM http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2003-August/msg00045.html
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-258.html

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