CVE-2003-0381

Multiple vulnerabilities in noweb 2.9 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via multiple vectors including the noroff script.

Published: 2003-07-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0381 is rated Low Risk (17.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Mandatory action: 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-2003-0381

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 0.11% 0.33% +0.22%
2 2025-03-30 0.16% 0.11% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 0.16%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0381

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-2003-0381

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0381

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0381 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (noweb), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0381

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0381

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
norman_ramsey noweb <= 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:norman_ramsey:noweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0381

URL Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-323 Patch Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence