CVE-2003-0359 — nethack 3.4.0 and earlier installs certain setgid binaries with insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing the original binaries with malicious code

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nethack 3.4.0 and earlier installs certain setgid binaries with insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing the original binaries with malicious code

Published Jun 18, 2003

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.32%

Description

nethack 3.4.0 and earlier installs certain setgid binaries with insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing the original binaries with malicious code.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.32% 0.00321

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00321

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.32% (0.00321)	22.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.32% (0.00321)	23.59th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00046)	11.36th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-316
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-316		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 18, 2003

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved May 29, 2003

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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