CVE-2003-0584 — Format string vulnerability in Backup and Restore Utility for Unix (BRU) 17.0 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument

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HIGH

Format string vulnerability in Backup and Restore Utility for Unix (BRU) 17.0 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument

Published Oct 17, 2016

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.06%

Description

Format string vulnerability in Backup and Restore Utility for Unix (BRU) 17.0 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.06% 0.01064

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

EPSS probability 0.01064

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	1.06% (0.01064)	63.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.04% (0.01041)	59.43th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.36% (0.00355)	55.63th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00062)	28.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.06% (0.00062)	26.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00062)	24.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	5.79% (0.05792)	90.42th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	5.79% (0.05792)	89.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	5.79% (0.05792)	77.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105846288808846&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105846288808846&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 17, 2016

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jul 17, 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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