CVE-2004-0603

high

Description

gzexe in gzip 1.3.3 and earlier will execute an argument when the creation of a temp file fails instead of exiting the program, which could allow remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1332.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16506

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10603

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-18.xml

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54890

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-06

Updated: 2017-07-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High