CVE-2003-0536

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in phpSysInfo 2.1 and earlier allows attackers with write access to a local directory to read arbitrary files as the PHP user or cause a denial of service via .. (dot dot) sequences in the (1) template or (2) lng parameters.

Published: 2003-08-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0536 is rated Exploit Available (54.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.47%). 1 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-2003-0536

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22459 exploit_db edb 2003-04-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0536

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 0.74% 1.47% +0.73%
2 2025-03-30 0.95% 0.74% -0.21%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0536

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.6 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0536

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0536

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0536 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpsysinfo), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0536

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0536

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpsysinfo phpsysinfo 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpsysinfo:phpsysinfo:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpsysinfo phpsysinfo 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpsysinfo:phpsysinfo:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0536

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