CVE-2002-0824

FreeBSD 4.x / NetBSD 1.4.x/1.5.x/1.6 / OpenBSD 3 - pppd Arbitrary File Permission Modification Race Condition

Severity Score

6.9

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 6.9

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2002-07-29 First Exploit
2002-08-03 CVE Reserved
2002-08-12 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9738.php	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5355	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21669	2002-07-29

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-010.txt.asc	2021-03-11
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812546815606&w=2	2021-03-11
http://www.openbsd.org/errata31.html	2021-03-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Point-to-point Protocol Daemon Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Point-to-point Protocol Daemon"				-		-		Affected