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CVE-2003-0501

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

Description

The /proc filesystem in Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information by opening various entries in /proc/self before executing a setuid program, which causes the program to fail to change the ownership and permissions of those entries.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References