Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0105

Title: CDE dtlogin symlink attack local privilege escalation

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-0105.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Mar 25, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.35%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0105: CDE dtlogin in Caldera UnixWare 7.1.0, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on /var/dt/Xerrors since /var/dt is world-writable.

Impacted Vendors

novell 1

caldera 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101060400802428&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7864.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3818 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101060400802428&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7864.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3818

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0105 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 25, 2002 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.