CVE-2003-1426

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 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: yes
Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

Openwebmail in cPanel 5.0, when run using suid Perl, adds the directory in the SCRIPT_FILENAME environment variable to Perl's @INC include array, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying SCRIPT_FILENAME to reference a directory containing a malicious openwebmail-shared.pl executable.

Affected products

WebPros cPanel: 5.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0087.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6885
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11357
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0087.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6885
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11357

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