Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0824

Title: BSD pppd symlink attack on tty device changes file permissions

Unauthorized modification

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2002-0824

CWE Category CWE-59

Published Date Aug 12, 2002

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.9 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.09%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0824: BSD pppd allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file that is specified as a tty device.

Impacted Vendors

freebsd 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-010.txt.asc http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812546815606&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9738.php http://www.openbsd.org/errata31.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5355 ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-010.txt.asc http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812546815606&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9738.php http://www.openbsd.org/errata31.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5355

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0824 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21669

View Code

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 12, 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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.