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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…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.33%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% 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: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 1005896 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- splus-tmp-file-symlink(11005) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20030105 S-plus /tmp usage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6530 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 7833 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .