CVE-2003-0101 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 15.5% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
miniserv.pl in (1) Webmin before 1.070 and (2) Usermin before 1.000 does not properly handle metacharacters such as line feeds and carriage returns (CRLF) in Base-64 encoded strings during Basic authentication, which allows remote attackers to spoof a session ID and gain root privileges.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 15.47% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2003-03-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| engardelinux | guardian digital webtool |
| usermin | usermin |
| webmin | webmin |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Webmin 0.9x / Usermin 0.9x/1.0 - Access Session ID Spoofing | 2003-02-20 |
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030602-01-I
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q1/0063.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/engarde/2003-q1/0008.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104610245624895&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104610300325629&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104610336226274&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=webmin-announce&m=104587858408101&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8115
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8163
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-058.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-319
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11390.php
- http://www.lac.co.jp/security/english/snsadv_e/62_e.html
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/gentoo_advisory-2886.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:025
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6915
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006160
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030602-01-I
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q1/0063.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/engarde/2003-q1/0008.html
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