Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0678

Title: CDE ToolTalk ttdbserver symlink attack on transaction log file

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-0678.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jul 23, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

9.42%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0678: CDE ToolTalk database server (ttdbserver) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the transaction log file used by the _TT_TRANSACTION RPC procedure.

Impacted Vendors

novell 1

caldera 1

xi_graphics 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenUNIX/CSSA-2002-SCO.28/CSSA-2002-SCO.28.txt ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021101-01-P http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q3/0002.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102635906423617&w=2 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-20.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9527.php http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/299816 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5083 http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0207-199 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A175 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2770 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A80 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenUNIX/CSSA-2002-SCO.28/CSSA-2002-SCO.28.txt ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021101-01-P http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q3/0002.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102635906423617&w=2 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-20.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9527.php http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/299816 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5083 http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0207-199 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A175 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2770 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A80

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-2002-0678 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.

July 23, 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.