CVE-2003-0846 — SuSEconfig.javarunt in the javarunt package on SuSE Linux 7.3Pro allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .java_wrapper temporary file

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SuSEconfig.javarunt in the javarunt package on SuSE Linux 7.3Pro allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .java_wrapper temporary file

Published Oct 9, 2003

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.37%

Description

SuSEconfig.javarunt in the javarunt package on SuSE Linux 7.3Pro allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .java_wrapper temporary file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.37% 0.00366

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

EPSS probability 0.00366

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	0.37% (0.00366)	28.11th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.37% (0.00368)	28.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00073)	19.57th	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 (2)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546177518140&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546531922379&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546177518140&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546531922379&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 9, 2003

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Oct 8, 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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