CVE-2003-0740

Stunnel 3.24/4.00 - Daemon Hijacking

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Stunnel 4.00, and 3.24 and earlier, leaks a privileged file descriptor returned by listen(), which allows local users to hijack the Stunnel server.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

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

2003-09-03 CVE Reserved
2003-09-04 CVE Published
2003-09-05 First Exploit
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106260760211958&w=2	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/91	2003-09-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000736	2016-10-18
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:108	2016-10-18
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-297.html	2016-10-18
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0740	2003-11-12
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617077	2003-11-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.3 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.3"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.4a Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.4a"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.7 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.7"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.8 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.8"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.9 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.9"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.10 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.10"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.11 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.11"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.12 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.12"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.13 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.13"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.14 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.14"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.15 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.15"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.16 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.16"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.17 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.17"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.18 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.18"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.19 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.19"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.20 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.20"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.21 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.21"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.21a Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.21a"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.21b Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.21b"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.21c Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.21c"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.22 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.22"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				3.24 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "3.24"		-		Affected
Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel"		Stunnel Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel"				4.0 Search vendor "Stunnel" for product "Stunnel" and version "4.0"		-		Affected