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CVE-2003-0476

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2003-08-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The execve system call in Linux 2.4.x records the file descriptor of the executable process in the file table of the calling process, which allows local users to gain read access to restricted file descriptors.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References