CVE-2003-0136

psbanner in the LPRng package allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symbolic link attack on the /tmp/before file.

Published: 2003-05-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0136 is rated Low Risk (19.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0136

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 0.09% 0.39% +0.30%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.09% +0.05%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0136

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0136

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0136

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0136 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (lprng), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0136
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0136

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0136

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
astart_technologies lprng 3.7.4 cpe:2.3:o:astart_technologies:lprng:3.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
astart_technologies lprng 3.8.9 cpe:2.3:o:astart_technologies:lprng:3.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
astart_technologies lprng 3.8.10.1 cpe:2.3:o:astart_technologies:lprng:3.8.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
astart_technologies lprng 3.8.19 cpe:2.3:o:astart_technologies:lprng:3.8.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0136

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