Vulnerability in Brian Renaud Metrics
CVE-2003-0202
The (1) halstead and (2) gather_stats scripts in metrics 1.0 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Brian Renaud Metrics — versions 1.0
References
- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-279 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/7293 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11734 (vdb-entry)