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4.6

Crafty lets local user gain games group rights

CVE-2003-0612 · published 22 years ago
Summary

A coding mistake in Crafty 19.3 lets a person who runs the program on the same computer type a very long command line and trick it into giving them the "games" group permissions. This can let the user access files or perform actions meant for that group. Install the vendor's update or restrict who can run crafty.bin to stop the issue.

What to do

The CVE record does not list a fixed version. Check the vendor's site or the advisory links below - a fix may already be released.

Affected software
VendorProductAffected versions
robert_hyatt crafty 19.3
cpe:2.3:a:robert_hyatt:crafty:19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Original advisory text
Multiple buffer overflows in main.c for Crafty 19.3 allow local users to gain group "games" privileges via long command line arguments to crafty.bin.
Multiple buffer overflows in main.c for Crafty 19.3 allow local users to gain group "games" privileges via long command line arguments to crafty.bin.
References
Fix within
Internet-facing 60 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
  • Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Severity
4.6 Medium
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Timeline
Published29 Mar 2004
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2003-0612 · NVD
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