Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-1199

Title: ypxfrd getdbm procedure directory traversal/symlink attack

Information disclosure / arbitrary file read

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-1199.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Oct 28, 2002
Modified Date Apr 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
8.38%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-1199: The getdbm procedure in ypxfrd allows local users to read arbitrary files, and remote attackers to read databases outside /var/yp, via a directory traversal and symlink attack on the domain and map arguments.

Impacted Vendors

S
sun 2
S
sco 1
C
caldera 2
O
oracle 2

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/CSSA-2002-SCO.40 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103426842025029&w=2 http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47903 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10329.php http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/538033 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5937 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2423 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/CSSA-2002-SCO.40 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103426842025029&w=2 http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47903 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10329.php http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/538033 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5937 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2423
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-1199 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.