01 Record
CVE-2003-0703
KisMAC before 0.05d trusts user-supplied variables to load arbitrary kernels or kernel modules, which allows local users to gain privileges via the $DRIVER_KEXT environment variable as used in (1)
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
KisMAC before 0.05d trusts user-supplied variables to load arbitrary kernels or kernel modules, which allows local users to gain privileges via the $DRIVER_KEXT environment variable as used in (1)
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
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.2% 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
- 2003-09-12 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-08-24
- 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
- 7c0e5623b64b4d397b31eccb4984d6a878080eff9c3d1d36ae58d79d1edec338
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkismac-driverkext-load-modules(13007)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13007
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkismac-exchangekernel-kernel-overwrite(13008)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13008
- www.securityfocus.com8497http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8497
- www.atstake.comA082203-1http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a082203-1.txt