CVE-2003-0961
45Vexday Risk Score
Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Actepss 3.3%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDDec 2
1st PoCDec 2
VulnCheck+17d
exploitation probability
3.3%top 12% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
2 public exploit(s)
Integer overflow in the do_brk function for the brk system call in Linux kernel 2.4.22 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 2✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/129exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/131⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000796http://isec.pl/papers/linux_kernel_do_brk.pdfhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107064798706473&w=2http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107064830206816&w=2http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107394143105081&w=2http://secunia.com/advisories/10328http://secunia.com/advisories/10329http://secunia.com/advisories/10330http://secunia.com/advisories/10333http://secunia.com/advisories/10338http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-403http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-417