CVE-2003-0578
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 17, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorU2 Universe
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
cci_dir in IBM U2 UniVerse 10.0.0.9 and earlier creates hard links and unlinks files as root, which allows local users to gain privileges by deleting and overwriting arbitrary files.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 10.0.0.9
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Mailing Listx_refsource_VULNWATCHBroken LinkExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0025.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105839150004682&w=2CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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