Red hat Linux up to 8.0 Kerberos FTP Client filename privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Red hat Linux up to 8.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Kerberos FTP Client. Performing a manipulation of the argument filename with the input | results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0041. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Red hat Linux up to 8.0 (Operating System). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Kerberos FTP Client. The manipulation of the argument filename with the input value | leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Kerberos FTP client allows remote FTP sites to execute arbitrary code via a pipe (|) character in a filename that is retrieved by the client.

The weakness was presented 02/19/2003 with IBM ERS Team (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0041. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/26/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14006 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDKSA-2003:021)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38369 (Red Hat Kerberos FTP Client Remote Shell Command Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (605), Tenable (14006), SecurityFocus (BID 396†), OSVDB (4898†) and Secunia (SA7979†). See VDB-20131 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 14006
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDKSA-2003:021)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: IBM ERS Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0041 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0041
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20133
X-Force: 605
SecurityFocus: 396 - Multiple Vendor FTP pipe Vulnerability
Secunia: 7979 - RedHat updates to Kerberos FTP client, Less Critical
OSVDB: 4898 - RHSA-2003:021-07 - Updated Kerberos packages fix vulnerability in FTP client
Vulnerability Center: 6830 - Kerberos FTP Client and AIX FTP Client Allow Code Execution via Pipe Character, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2014 17:55
Updated: 08/26/2025 05:07
Changes: 08/07/2014 17:55 (75), 05/29/2019 11:17 (7), 08/26/2025 05:07 (20)
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