CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-0501

2.1 LOW 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])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The /proc filesystem in Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information by opening various entries in /proc/self before executing a setuid program, which causes the program to fail to change the ownership and permissions of those entries.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.6.20.1

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges weakness

References