CVE-2003-0289

highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.011 · 64 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

1.06% (64th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Format string vulnerability in scsiopen.c of the cdrecord program in cdrtools 2.0 allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in the dev parameter.

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 · 6.5–7.2

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

v2.06.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-134USLLM-inferred

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-22594CDRTools CDRecord 1.11/2.0 - Devname Format Stringfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-31CDRTools CDRecord 2.0 (Mandrake / Slackware) - Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
cdrtools cdrecord= 1.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cdrtools:cdrecord:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cdrtools cdrecord= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cdrtools:cdrecord:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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 2003-06-16modified 2026-06-16

references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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