{"id":"CVE-2002-0265","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-0265","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:14.952Z","title":"Sawmill for Solaris 6.2.14 and earlier creates the AdminPassword file with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the file.","description":"Sawmill for Solaris 6.2.14 and earlier creates the AdminPassword file with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the file.","published":"2002-05-29T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:57:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["sawmill/sawmill"],"epss":{"score":0.00794,"percentile":0.5613,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2002-02-11","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":21288,"kind":"exploit","title":"Sawmill 6.2.x - Admin Password Insecure Default Permissions","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21288","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/local/21288.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/local/21288.txt","published":"2002-02-11","added":"2002-02-11","updated":"2012-09-12","author":"darky0da","type":"local","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2002-0265","OSVDB-2044"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4077/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101346206921270&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8173.php","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.sawmill.net/version_history.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4077","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101346206921270&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8173.php","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.sawmill.net/version_history.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4077","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0265","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}