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CVE-2003-0949

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2004-02-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

xsok 1.02 does not properly drop privileges before finding and executing the "gunzip" program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

• Michael Bischoff Xsok: 1.02

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-405
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9321
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14098
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-405
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9321
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14098

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