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CVE-2003-0372

Nessus 2.0.x - LibNASL Arbitrary Code Execution

Severity Score

4.6
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Signed integer vulnerability in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allows local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing a negative argument to be provided to the insstr function as used in a NASL script.

Vulnerabilidad de entero con signo en libnsl en Nessus anterior a la 2.0.6 permite que usuarios locales con privilegios de carga de plugin provoquen una denegación de servicio (core dump) y posiblemente ejecuten código arbitrario provocando que se pase un argumento negativo a la funcioón insstr cuando se usa en un script NASL.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2003-05-22 First Exploit
  • 2003-06-04 CVE Reserved
  • 2003-06-06 CVE Published
  • 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-08 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-189: Numeric Errors
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Nessus
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 Nessus
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 <= 2.0.5
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Affected