CVE-2003-0924

netpbm 9.25 and earlier does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

Published: 2004-02-17 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0924 is rated Low Risk (24.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0924

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 2024-12-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2023-03-07 1.28% 0.04% -1.24%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.28% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0924

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.7 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 1.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0924

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0924

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0924 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (netpbm-free), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0924
gentoo normal CVE-2003-0924: 1 GLSA(s) (200410-02), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/netpbm); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2003-0924
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0924

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0924

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netpbm netpbm <= 9.25 cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0924

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