CVE-2003-0547

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

GDM before 2.4.1.6, when using the "examine session errors" feature, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the ~/.xsession-errors file.

Affected products

GNOME gdm: 2.4.1, 2.4.1.1, 2.4.1.2, 2.4.1.3, 2.4.1.4, 2.4.1.5 (+1)
RedHat Kdebase: 2.4.0.7.13, 2.4.1.3.5

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000729
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2003-August/msg00045.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106194792924122&w=2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-258.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A112
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000729
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2003-August/msg00045.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106194792924122&w=2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-258.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A112

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