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CVE-2003-0202

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-04-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) halstead and (2) gather_stats scripts in metrics 1.0 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

• Brian Renaud Metrics: 1.0

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-279
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7293
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11734
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-279
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7293
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11734

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