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CVE-2003-0101

Published: Feb 26, 2003Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
10.0CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
15.5%
Top 3.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

guardian digital webtoolengardelinux
On-prem
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
userminusermin
webminwebmin
On-prem
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
n/an/a
engardelinuxcommercialSecurity Productsaka engarde linux
webminoss-projectDevTools & CIaka webmin, usermin, virtualmin

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030602-01-I
patches.sgi.com
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q1/0063.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/engarde/2003-q1/0008.html
archives.neohapsis.com
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Timeline

Published
Feb 26, 2003
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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