CVE-2003-0034

Exp

Buffer overflow in the mtink status monitor, as included in the printer-drivers package in Mandrake Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Published: 2003-02-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0034 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.30%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.16% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0034

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22189 exploit_db edb 2003-01-21 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0034

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.15% 1.30% +1.16%
2 2025-03-30 0.17% 0.15% -0.02%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.17% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0034

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0034

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0034

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2003-0034 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mtink), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0034

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0034

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jean-jacques_sarton mtink 0.9.32 cpe:2.3:a:jean-jacques_sarton:mtink:0.9.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jean-jacques_sarton mtink 0.9.33 cpe:2.3:a:jean-jacques_sarton:mtink:0.9.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jean-jacques_sarton mtink 0.9.52 cpe:2.3:a:jean-jacques_sarton:mtink:0.9.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0034

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