CVE-2002-0044 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and earlier, affecting various Debian, Red Hat, and GNU Linux distributions. A local attacker can exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files belonging to the Enscript user by manipulating temporary files. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N), indicating local access, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:enscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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