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01 Record

CVE-2003-0194

tcpdump does not properly drop privileges to the pcap user when starting up.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

tcpdump does not properly drop privileges to the pcap user when starting up.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 30.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector
No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2003-05-17 04:00Z23 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-08 01:43Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2003-04-01
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
c018c9625a29fea021ac323ea956e84bffded9ff83d9e2a6f0d431b2bf4f8c3f

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—
redhatlinuxNot specified—
redhattcpdumpNot specified—

06 References