run-mailcap in mime-support 3.22 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary…
Priority LOW 21Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
run-mailcap in mime-support 3.22 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00321 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 13
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.9 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.10 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.11 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.12 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.13 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.14 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.15 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.16 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.17 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.18 | Vulnerable | Debian |
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.9 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.10 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.11 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.12 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.13 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.14 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.15 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.16 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.17 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:mime-support:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.18 Vulnerable ·Debian
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-0214
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6qrq-j2qm-2qph
References
Patch 1
More Debian Mime-support vulnerabilities
- TI-2014-06009 run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2003-0214 · CVE Program
- CVE-2003-0214 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6qrq-j2qm-2qph · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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