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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.

Published

2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	freebsd	point-to-point_protocol_daemon	-	Yes

References

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-010.txt.asc Broken Link ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812546815606&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9738.php Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.openbsd.org/errata31.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5355 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-010.txt.asc Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812546815606&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9738.php Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openbsd.org/errata31.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5355 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)