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CVE-2003-0289
Format string vulnerability in scsiopen.c of the cdrecord program in cdrtools 2.0 allows local users to gain privileges via format string…
High7.2EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Format string vulnerability in scsiopen.c of the cdrecord program in cdrtools 2.0 allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in the dev parameter.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% 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 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 200305-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 7565 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5ZP0C2AAAC.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20030513 cdrtools2.0 Format String Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 20030513 Cdrecord_local_root_exploit. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- cdrtools-scsiopen-format-string(12007) (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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