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CVE-2002-0658

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0658 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the OSSP mm library (libmm) versions prior to 1.2.0. A local Apache user could exploit this flaw, potentially through a symbolic link attack involving temporary files, to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 6.2, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and high attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking social media discussion or media coverage, an exploit for MM 1.0.x/1.1.x exists on ExploitDB, indicating proof-of-concept code is publicly available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ossp:mm:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ossp:mm:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ossp:mm:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ossp:mm:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ossp:mm:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.2MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21667 · Jul 29, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0096 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Secure Web Server 3.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Stronghold 3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Stronghold 4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-0658Moderate

security flaw

Jul 29, 2002

References

ftp.caldera.com / pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-032.0.txt
ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SN-02:05.asc
online.securityfocus.com / advisories/4392
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2002-153.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2002-154.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2002-156.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2002-164.html
debian.org / security/2002/dsa-137
iss.net / security_center/static/9719.php
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-045.php
PatchVendor Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2002_028_mod_ssl.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-163.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-158.html
securityfocus.com / bid/5352