CVE-2003-0101 in the critical feed json
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…
published 2003-02-26 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0097
- cvss
- 10.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 15.5%
- EPSS 15.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-22275)
- Published
Exploit prediction
15.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-22275 Webmin 0.9x / Usermin 0.9x/1.0 - Access Session ID Spoofing remote, 2003-02-20
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
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debian.org
/security/2003/dsa-319
vendor-advisory
-
mandriva.com
/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:025
vendor-advisory
-
archives.neohapsis.com
/archives/hp/2003-q1/0063.html
vendor-advisory
-
archives.neohapsis.com
/archives/linux/engarde/2003-q1/0008.html
vendor-advisory
-
iss.net
/security_center/static/11390.php
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
- linuxsecurity.com /advisories/gentoo_advisory-2886.html
-
marc.info
/?l=bugtraq&m=104610336226274&w=2
mailing-list
-
ciac.org
/ciac/bulletins/n-058.shtml
third-party-advisory, government-resource
-
secunia.com
/advisories/8163
third-party-advisory
-
secunia.com
/advisories/8115
third-party-advisory
-
securitytracker.com
/id?1006160
vdb-entry
-
marc.info
/?l=bugtraq&m=104610300325629&w=2
mailing-list
- marc.info /?l=webmin-announce&m=104587858408101&w=2
-
marc.info
/?l=bugtraq&m=104610245624895&w=2
mailing-list
- lac.co.jp /security/english/snsadv_e/62_e.html
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/6915
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2003-0101
- NVD CVE-2003-0101
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