CVE-2002-0080 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in rsync, specifically when operating in daemon mode, affecting products like Red Hat Linux and Samba. The flaw stems from rsync failing to properly call setgroups before dropping privileges, potentially granting local users unintended supplemental group access. This could allow unauthorized reading of files that should otherwise be restricted. Rated with a CVSS score of 2.1 (LOW), the vulnerability requires local access and has a low attack complexity, with the primary impact being confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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