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The execve system call in Linux 2.4.x records the file...

Low severity Unreviewed Published Apr 29, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The execve system call in Linux 2.4.x records the file descriptor of the executable process in the file table of the calling process, which allows local users to gain read access to restricted file descriptors.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 7, 2003
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 29, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2003-0476

GHSA ID

GHSA-7g77-p258-35hg

Source code

No known source code

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