CVE-2003-0194

tcpdump does not properly drop privileges to the pcap user when starting up.

Published: 2003-06-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0194 is rated Low Risk (28.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0194

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 0.07% 0.37% +0.30%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0194

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0194

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0194

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2003-0194 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tcpdump), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0194
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0194

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0194

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat tcpdump 3.4-39 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:3.4-39:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat tcpdump 3.6.2-9 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:3.6.2-9:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat tcpdump 3.6.2-9 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:3.6.2-9:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat tcpdump 3.6.2-12 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:3.6.2-12:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat tcpdump 3.6.3-3 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:3.6.3-3:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat tcpdump 3.7.2-1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:3.7.2-1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:9.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0194

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