CVE-2003-0539

medium

Description

skk (Simple Kana to Kanji conversion program) 12.1 and earlier, and the ddskk package which is based on skk, creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A28

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2003-0533

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-242.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-343

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-08-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N