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CVE-2003-0135

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
Severity7.5High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.92 %higher than 80% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

vsftpd FTP daemon in Red Hat Linux 9 is not compiled against TCP wrappers (tcp_wrappers) but is installed as a standalone service, which inadvertently prevents vsftpd from restricting access as intended.

CVSS

Base score
7.5
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.92 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
80
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Redhat — Linux

CWEs

References

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