cve/2003/CVE-2003-0501.md

### [CVE-2003-0501](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0501)
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### Description

The /proc filesystem in Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information by opening various entries in /proc/self before executing a setuid program, which causes the program to fail to change the ownership and permissions of those entries.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105621758104242
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-239.html

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.