CVE-2002-1890 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting rhmask 1.0-9 in Red Hat Linux 7.1. An attacker can exploit this by creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file, allowing them to overwrite its contents. The vulnerability has a low severity score (CVSS 2.1) due to its local attack vector and limited impact (partial integrity loss). There is no known exploit code available, nor is there any evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0-9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:rhmask:1.0-9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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