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CVE-2003-1422

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the installer for SYSLINUX 2.01, when running setuid root, allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Published

2003-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-16
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gentoo	syslinux	2.0.1	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/8077 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://syslinux.zytor.com/history.php ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6876 Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11351 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/8077 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://syslinux.zytor.com/history.php (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6876 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11351 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)