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CVE-2003-0977
CVS server before 1.11.10 may allow attackers to cause the CVS server to create directories and files in the file system root directory…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
CVS server before 1.11.10 may allow attackers to cause the CVS server to create directories and files in the file system root directory via malformed module requests.
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (9 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.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:855 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20040129 [FLSA-2004:1207] Updated cvs resolves security vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:112 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:866 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-422 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 10601 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11528 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20031217 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.052] OpenPKG Security Advisory (cvs) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsID=84&JServSessionIdservlets=8u3x1myav1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- CLA-2004:808 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- cvs-module-file-manipulation(13929) (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2003-0967 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2003-0977)Record last updated .