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CVE-2003-0193
msxlsview.sh in xlsview for catdoc 0.91 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on predictable…
Low2.1EPSS 0.34%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
msxlsview.sh in xlsview for catdoc 0.91 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on predictable temporary file names ("word$$.html").
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 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 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% 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: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 11193 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 11560 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 13021 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 13022 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- catdoc-xlsview-symlink(16335) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?archive=no&bug=183525 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-575 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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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