CVE-2002-0265 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sawmill for Solaris versions 6.2.14 and earlier. The flaw stems from the AdminPassword file being created with world-writable permissions, allowing local users to modify it and gain unauthorized privileges. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring local access with low attack complexity, and can lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sawmill:sawmill:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sawmill:sawmill:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sawmill:sawmill:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sawmill:sawmill:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sawmill:sawmill:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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