CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-0489

7.2 HIGH Published 2003-08-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2003-08-07
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

tcptraceroute 1.4 and earlier does not fully drop privileges after obtaining a file descriptor for capturing packets, which may allow local users to gain access to the descriptor via a separate vulnerability in tcptraceroute.

Affected configurations

• michael c. toren tcptraceroute (<= 1.4)

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-403 Exposure of File Descriptor to Unintended Control Sphere weakness

References