CVE-2003-0847 — SuSEconfig.susewm in the susewm package on SuSE Linux 8.2Pro allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the susewm.$$ temporary file

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SuSEconfig.susewm in the susewm package on SuSE Linux 8.2Pro allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the susewm.$$ temporary file

Published Oct 9, 2003

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.70%

Description

SuSEconfig.susewm in the susewm package on SuSE Linux 8.2Pro allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the susewm.$$ temporary file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.70% 0.00703

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

EPSS probability 0.00703

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	0.70% (0.00703)	51.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.71% (0.00707)	48.41th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.15% (0.00154)	33.65th	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	1.76% (0.01761)	76.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	74.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	53.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106545972615578&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=106545972615578&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

Link CVE-2003-0847

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2003-0847

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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