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CVE-2003-0584
Format string vulnerability in Backup and Restore Utility for Unix (BRU) 17.0 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to…
High7.2EPSS 1.1%
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Description
Format string vulnerability in Backup and Restore Utility for Unix (BRU) 17.0 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 (1)
- 20030716 SRT2003-07-16-0358 - bru has buffer overflow and format issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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