CVE-2003-0584

Exp

Format string vulnerability in Backup and Restore Utility for Unix (BRU) 17.0 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument.

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-2003-0584 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). 2 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-2003-0584

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22924 exploit_db edb 2003-07-16 Exploit-DB ↗
22923 exploit_db edb 2003-07-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0584

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 2026-03-20 0.31% 0.46% +0.15%
2 2025-03-30 0.19% 0.31% +0.12%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.19% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0584

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0584

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0584

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tolis_group bru <= 17.0 cpe:2.3:a:tolis_group:bru:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0584

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