CVE-2003-0844: Schroepl Mod Gzip

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

mod_gzip 1.3.26.1a and earlier, and possibly later official versions, when running in debug mode without the Apache log, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) a symlink attack on predictable temporary filenames on Unix systems, or (2) an NTFS hard link on Windows systems when the "Strengthen default permissions of internal system objects" policy is not enabled.

Affected products

• Schroepl Mod Gzip: up to and including 1.3.26.1a

Published 2003-11-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.