# CVE-2003-0127: The kernel module loader in Linux kernel 2.2.x before 2.2.25, and 2.4.x before 2.4.21, allows local users to gain root privileges by using p

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 4 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2003-03-18 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The kernel module loader in Linux kernel 2.2.x before 2.2.25, and 2.4.x before 2.4.21, allows local users to gain root privileges by using ptrace to attach to a child process that is spawned by the kernel.

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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-103.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-088.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-270
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-098.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-336
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-020.0.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-276
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105301461726555&w=2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:039
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-495
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200303-17.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-311
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-332
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0134.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A254
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-145.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:038
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-312
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/628849
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22362
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22363
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12
- https://github.com/anilkashyap01/Binary-Exploitation-and-Kernel-Escalation

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