CVE-2002-0169 describes a vulnerability in the default DocBook stylesheet on Red Hat Linux versions 6.2 through 7.2, where an insecure option allows untrusted documents to overwrite files outside the current directory using full pathnames as element identifiers. This local vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low attack complexity and potential for partial impact on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
1.54.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:docbook_stylesheets:1.54.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.9-2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:docbook_utils:0.6.9-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:docbook_utils:0.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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