CVE-2003-0221

highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.47% (40th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-24

The (1) dupatch and (2) setld utilities in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B PK1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files and possibly gain root privileges via a symlink attack.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USLLM-inferredCWE-59USLLM-inferred

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
hp tru64≤ 5.1bnvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2003-05-12modified 2026-06-16

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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