CVE-2003-0853

Exp

An integer overflow in ls in the fileutils or coreutils packages may allow local users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a large -w value, which could be remotely exploited via applications that use ls, such as wu-ftpd.

Published: 2003-11-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0853 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.44%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +8.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2003-0853

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23274 exploit_db edb 2003-10-22 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0853

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 2.44% 10.44% +8.01%
2 2025-03-30 3.04% 2.44% -0.60%
3 2025-03-29 — 3.04% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0853

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0853

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0853

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0853 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (coreutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0853
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0853

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0853

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu fileutils 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:fileutils:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu fileutils 4.0.36 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:fileutils:4.0.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu fileutils 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:fileutils:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu fileutils 4.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:fileutils:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu fileutils 4.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:fileutils:4.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta2 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta2:*:academ:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18:*:academ:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr4 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr5 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr6 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr7 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr8 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr9 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr10 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr11 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr12 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr13 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr14 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr15 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_vr16 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_vr16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_vr17 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_vr17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0853

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