CVE-2003-0040

SQL injection vulnerability in the PostgreSQL auth module for courier 0.40 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute SQL code via the user name.

Published: 2003-02-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0040 is rated Moderate Risk (52.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0040

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 2025-03-17 0.23% 0.49% +0.26%
2 2024-12-17 0.26% 0.23% -0.03%
3 2023-08-09 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0040

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0040

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0040

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0040 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (courier), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0040

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0040

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta 0.37.3 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier_mta:0.37.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inter7 courier-imap 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:inter7:courier-imap:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0040

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