CVE-2003-0188
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.2)—
Severity7.2High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability0.44 %higher than 37% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
lv reads a .lv file from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as other lv users by placing malicious .lv files into other directories.
CVSS
- Base score
- 7.2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 0.44 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 37
- 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 (3)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-304
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-167.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-169.html
- http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-35.txt
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A430
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-304
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-167.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-169.html
- http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-35.txt
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A430
Raw JSON (NVD)
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