CVE-2002-0162
LogWatch before 2.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the logwatch temporary directory.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
LogWatch before 2.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the logwatch temporary directory.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.2 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.77% probability · 55th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 27 March 2002
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- logwatch/logwatch
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://list.kaybee.org/archives/logwatch-announce/2002-March/000002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101724766216872
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/264233
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8652.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4374
- http://list.kaybee.org/archives/logwatch-announce/2002-March/000002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101724766216872
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/264233
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8652.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4374
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.