CVE-2003-1452

Exp

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Qualcomm qpopper 4.0 through 4.05 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious smbpasswd program.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-1452 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). 4 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-2003-1452

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21 exploit_db edb 2003-04-29 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1452

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 0.35% 0.52% +0.17%
2 2026-01-01 0.15% 0.35% +0.20%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1452

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:P/A:N 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:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1452

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1452

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qualcomm qpopper 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm qpopper 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm qpopper 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm qpopper 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm qpopper 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm qpopper 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm qpopper 4.0.5_fc2 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.5_fc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm qpopper 4.0_b14 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0_b14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1452

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