CVE-2003-0358

Exp

Buffer overflow in (1) nethack 3.4.0 and earlier, and (2) falconseye 1.9.3 and earlier, which is based on nethack, allows local users to gain privileges via a long -s command line option.

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-2003-0358 is rated Exploit Available (57/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.22%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0358

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22235 exploit_db edb 2003-02-10 Exploit-DB ↗
22234 exploit_db edb 2003-02-10 Exploit-DB ↗
22233 exploit_db edb 2003-02-10 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0358

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 0.23% 1.22% +0.99%
2 2025-03-30 0.14% 0.23% +0.09%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.14% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0358

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-2003-0358

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0358

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0358 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (nethack, slashem), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0358

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0358

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
falconseye_project falconseye <= 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:falconseye_project:falconseye:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nethack nethack <= 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:nethack:nethack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0358

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