PT-2002-1844 · Pppd · Pppd

Published 2002-08-12 · Updated 2021-03-11 · CVE-2002-0824

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: pppd (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file that is specified as a tty device.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0824

Affected Products

Pppd

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21669 · Exploit
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812546815606&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openbsd.org/errata31.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0824 · Security Note
• ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-010.txt.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/9738.php · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/5355 · Note