Vulnerability Report

CVE-2003-0547

Title: GDM symlink arbitrary file read

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2003-0547.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 27, 2003

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2003-0547: GDM before 2.4.1.6, when using the "examine session errors" feature, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the ~/.xsession-errors file.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

redhat 1

Reference Links

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000729 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2003-August/msg00045.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106194792924122&w=2 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-258.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A112 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000729 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2003-August/msg00045.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106194792924122&w=2 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-258.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A112

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2003-0547 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 27, 2003 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.