CVE-2003-0262: Leksbot

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

leksbot 1.2.3 in Debian GNU/Linux installs the KATAXWR as setuid root, which allows local users to gain root privileges by exploiting unknown vulnerabilities related to the escalated privileges, which KATAXWR is not designed to have.

Affected products

• Leksbot Leksbot: version 1.2 only

Published 2003-05-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.