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CVE-2003-0221

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) dupatch and (2) setld utilities in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B PK1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files and possibly gain root privileges via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• HP Tru64: through 5.1b

References

• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-086.shtml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7452
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11892
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-086.shtml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7452
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11892

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