CVE-2003-0388

Exp

pam_wheel in Linux-PAM 0.78, with the trust option enabled and the use_uid option disabled, allows local users to spoof log entries and gain privileges by causing getlogin() to return a spoofed user name.

Published: 2003-07-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0388 is rated Exploit Available (53.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.90%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0388

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22781 exploit_db edb 2003-06-16 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0388

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 0.15% 0.90% +0.75%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.15% +0.11%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0388

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-2003-0388

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0388

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2003-0388 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pam), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0388
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0388

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0388

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
andrew_morgan linux_pam <= 0.77 cpe:2.3:o:andrew_morgan:linux_pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0388

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