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CVE-2002-0169

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 3,048 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-0169

security flaw

May 1, 2002

References

online.securityfocus.com / advisories/4095
iss.net / security_center/static/8983.php
osvdb.org / 5349
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-062.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/4654