Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0296

Title: Tarantella Enterprise installation script symlink attack

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2002-0296

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 31, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 1.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.66%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0296: The installation of Tarantella Enterprise 3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the "spinning" temporary file.

Impacted Vendors

oracle 1

tarantella 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-02/0187.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101467193803592&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4115 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8223 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-02/0187.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101467193803592&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4115 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8223

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

1.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0296 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21290

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 31, 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:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.