CVE-2002-1517 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the fsr_efs utility within SGI IRIX 6.5. This flaw allows local users to perform unauthorized file operations, likely through a symbolic link attack targeting files such as .fsrlast. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:freeware:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.