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CVE-2002-0248

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0248 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting wmtv versions 0.6.5 and earlier. This flaw allows a local attacker to modify arbitrary files on the system by exploiting a symlink attack on a configuration file. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), the vulnerability indicates high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring low attack complexity and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wliang:wmtv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 3,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

debian.org / security/2002/dsa-108
PatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/8110.php
securityfocus.com / bid/4052