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CVE-2003-0102

Buffer overflow in tryelf() in readelf.c of the file command allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the user runn

Buffer overflow in tryelf() in readelf.c of the file command allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the user running file, possibly via a large entity size value in an ELF header (elfhdr.e_shentsize).

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.05745
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  • EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
fileall versions
netbsdall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
localFile 3.x - Local Stack Overflow Code Execution (1)verified
localFile 3.x - Local Stack Overflow Code Execution (2)verified
pocwww.idefense.com · 03.04.03.txtwww.idefense.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productcriticalWmiexec Default Output File
productcriticalHackTool - QuarksPwDump Dump File
productcriticalWmiprvse Wbemcomn DLL Hijack - File
productcriticalHackTool - Dumpert Process Dumper Default File
productcriticalHackTool - Mimikatz Kirbi File Creation
producthighOpenCanary - SMB File Open Request
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD18 Mar 2003 · 05:00 AM
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Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHSA-2003:087Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2003:086Moderate
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References & Sources

11
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-003.txt.asc
http://lwn.net/Alerts/34908/
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104680706201721&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-260
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/611865US Government Resource
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:030
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