CVE-2002-0678 describes a critical local privilege escalation vulnerability in the CDE ToolTalk database server (ttdbserver), affecting various Unix-like systems including Caldera, HP, IBM, SGI, and Sun. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files by manipulating the transaction log file through a symlink attack during the _TT_TRANSACTION RPC procedure. With a CVSS score of 7.2 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 84/100, the vulnerability carries high impact for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring low attack complexity and no authentication. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:caldera:unixware:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:caldera:unixware:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:caldera:unixware:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xi_graphics:dextop:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.