CVE-2003-0188: Lv

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

lv reads a .lv file from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as other lv users by placing malicious .lv files into other directories.

Affected products

• Lv Lv: version 4.49.1 only; version 4.49.2 only; version 4.49.3 only; version 4.49.4 only
• Red Hat Linux: version 7.1 only; version 7.2 only; version 7.3 only; version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Red Hat Lv: version 4.49.4-1 only; version 4.49.4-3 only; version 4.49.4-7 only; version 4.49.4-9 only

Published 2003-06-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.