CVE-2003-0578: IBM u2 Universe

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

cci_dir in IBM U2 UniVerse 10.0.0.9 and earlier creates hard links and unlinks files as root, which allows local users to gain privileges by deleting and overwriting arbitrary files.

Affected products

• IBM u2 Universe: up to and including 10.0.0.9

Published 2003-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.