CVE-2003-0193

LOW 2.1CVE-2003-0193 · Published 18/08/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-0193 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting catdoc (catdoc).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.34%, higher than 27.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
catdoc catdoc	`≤ 0.91`	No fix yet

Description

msxlsview.sh in xlsview for catdoc 0.91 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on predictable temporary file names ("word$$.html").

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
secunia.com/advisories/13021
secunia.com/advisories/13022
debian.org/security/2004/dsa-575
osvdb.org/11193
securityfocus.com/bid/11560
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16335

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