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CVE-2003-1323· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Elm ME+ 2.4 before PL109S, when installed setgid mail and the operating system lacks POSIX saved ID support, allows local users to read and

Elm ME+ 2.4 before PL109S, when installed setgid mail and the operating system lacks POSIX saved ID support, allows local users to read and modify certain files with the privileges of the mail group via unspecified vectors.

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Dec 31, 2003
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.9% · 57th percentile
CWE
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Action score

27

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
elm development groupelm

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • elm development group elm2.4

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2005-2665Stack-based buffer overflow in expires.c in Elm 2.5 PL5 through PL7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitra
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2003-0966Buffer overflow in the frm command in elm 2.5.6 and earlier, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2001-1174Buffer overflow in Elm 2.5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Message-ID header.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-1999-1334Multiple buffer overflows in filter command in Elm 2.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) long From: headers, (2) long R
    31Monitor
  • CVE-1999-0114Local users can execute commands as other users, and read other users' files, through the filter command in the Elm elm-2.4 mail package usi
    18Monitor
  • CVE-1999-1184Buffer overflow in Elm 2.4 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long TERM environmental variable.
    18Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

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    CVSS vector

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

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

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    References

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