CVE-2002-1838 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in Charities.cron versions 1.0.2 through 1.6.0, allowing local users to write to arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), this vulnerability has a moderate severity, indicating low attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite its age and lack of active exploitation, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting continued awareness or interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steve_sachs:charities.cron:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steve_sachs:charities.cron:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steve_sachs:charities.cron:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steve_sachs:charities.cron:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.