CVE-2002-0499
Status: ModifiedLow (2.1)—Exploit
Severity2.1Low · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability0.97 %higher than 62% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB
The d_path function in Linux kernel 2.2.20 and earlier, and 2.4.18 and earlier, truncates long pathnames without generating an error, which could allow local users to force programs to perform inappropriate operations on the wrong directories.
CVSS
- Base score
- 2.1
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 0.97 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 62
- Score date
- 10/21/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Public exploits
Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
- Published on Exploit-DB · Linux Kernel 2.2.x/2.3/2.4.x - 'd_path()' Path Truncation (3/26/2002)
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
Show 10 references
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q1/0074.html
- http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-13/0054.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8634.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264117
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4367
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q1/0074.html
- http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-13/0054.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8634.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264117
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4367
Raw JSON (NVD)
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