CVE-2003-1474

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

slashem-tty in the FreeBSD Ports Collection is installed with write permissions for the games group, which allows local users with group games privileges to modify slashem-tty and execute arbitrary code as other users, as demonstrated using a separate vulnerability in LTris.

Affected products

FreeBSD Slashem-Tty: 0.0.6e.4f.8

References

http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2003-05/0122.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11979.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/321001
http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2003-05/0122.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11979.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/321001

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