CVE-2002-0795 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the rc system startup script for FreeBSD versions 4 through 4.5. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on X Windows lock files, allowing them to delete arbitrary files on the system. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating local access, low attack complexity, and a potential impact of partial integrity loss (file deletion). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:release:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:stable:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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