VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2002-0165
LogWatch 2.5 allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-0162.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
LogWatch 2.5 allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-0162.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- logwatch/logwatch
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://list.kaybee.org/archives/logwatch-announce/2002-March/000003.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101787227513000&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8652.php
- http://list.kaybee.org/archives/logwatch-announce/2002-March/000003.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101787227513000&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8652.php
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.