CVE-2003-0671 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Format string vulnerability in tcpflow, when used in a setui)
Format string vulnerability in tcpflow, when used in a setuid context, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the device name argument, as demonstrated in Sustworks IPNetSentryX and IPNetMonitorX the setuid program RunTCPFlow.
| CVE ID | CVE-2003-0671 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-08-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Format string vulnerability in tcpflow, when used in a setuid context, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the device name argument, as demonstrated in Sustworks IPNetSentryX and IPNetMonitorX the setuid program RunTCPFlow. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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