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CVE-2003-0084
mod_auth_any package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and other operating systems does not properly escape arguments when calling other…
High7.5EPSS 2.7%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
mod_auth_any package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and other operating systems does not properly escape arguments when calling other programs, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www.itlab.musc.edu/webNIS/mod_auth_any.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:114 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- N-090 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 7448 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- modauthany-command-execution(11893) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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