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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2003-0034 json

Buffer overflow in the mtink status monitor, as included in the printer-drivers package in Mandrake Linux, allows local users to execute ar…

published 2003-01-22 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0034

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the mtink status monitor, as included in the printer-drivers package in Mandrake Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-22189)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-22189 MTink 0.9.x - Printer Status Monitor Environment Variable Buffer Overflow local, 2003-01-21
  • idefense.com http://www.idefense.com/advisory/01.21.03.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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