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CVE-2003-0367
znew in the gzip package allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Low2.1EPSS 0.44%
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- mitre
Description
znew in the gzip package allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 62% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 7872 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TLSA-2003-38 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOx_transferred
- DSA-308 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2003.031-gzip.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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