CVE-2003-0671 — Format string vulnerability in tcpflow, when used in a setuid context, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the device name argument, as demonstrated in Sustworks IPNetSentryX and IPNetMonitorX the setuid program RunTCPFlow

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HIGH

Format string vulnerability in tcpflow, when used in a setuid context, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the device name argument, as demonstrated in Sustworks IPNetSentryX and IPNetMonitorX the setuid program RunTCPFlow

Published Aug 14, 2003

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.55%

Description

Format string vulnerability in tcpflow, when used in a setuid context, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the device name argument, as demonstrated in Sustworks IPNetSentryX and IPNetMonitorX the setuid program RunTCPFlow.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.55% 0.00550

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

EPSS probability 0.00550

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 (8 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.55% (0.00550)	43.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.54% (0.00536)	40.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00061)	16.31th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.17% (0.02172)	80.18th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.17% (0.02172)	78.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.17% (0.02172)	57.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a080703-1.txt
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ATSTAKEExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a080703-2.txt
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ATSTAKE

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a080703-1.txt		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ATSTAKEExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a080703-2.txt		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ATSTAKE

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 14, 2003

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Aug 7, 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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