CVE-2002-0178
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.2)—
uudecode, as available in the sharutils package before 4.2.1, does not check whether the filename of the uudecoded file is a pipe or symbolic link, which could allow attackers to overwrite files or execute commands.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 7.2
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.62%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 48
- Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-040.0.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103599320902432&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4132
- http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?id=ae-200204-033&lang=en
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9075.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-052.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/8274
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-065.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-180.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4742
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-040.0.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103599320902432&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4132
- http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?id=ae-200204-033&lang=en
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9075.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-052.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/8274
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-065.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-180.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4742
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