Vulnerability in Fujitsu Siemens Networker

CVE-2003-1528

nsr_shutdown in Fujitsu Siemens NetWorker 6.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the nsrsh[PID] temporary file.

Published 2003-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fujitsu Siemens Networker — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/3353 (Exploit, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/9446 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/350237/30/21640/threaded (mailing-list)