CVE-2002-1669 describes a vulnerability in pkg_add within FreeBSD versions 4.2 through 4.4, where it creates temporary directories with world-searchable permissions. This flaw could allow local attackers to modify world-writable components of a package during installation. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), it indicates low severity, requiring local access and low attack complexity, with potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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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.