CVE-2002-0762

Severity Score

7.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

shadow package in SuSE 8.0 allows local users to destroy the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files or assign extra group privileges to some users by changing filesize limits before calling programs that modify the files.

El paquete shadow en SuSE 8.0 permite a usuarios locales la destrucción de los ficheros /etc/passwd y /etc/shadowo asignar privilegios extra de grupo a algunos usuarios cambiando los límites del tamaño del fichero antes de las llamadas a programas que modifican el fichero.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2002-07-25 CVE Reserved
2002-08-12 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9102.php	2008-09-10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4757	2008-09-10

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_17_shadow.html	2008-09-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected