CVE-2002-0174

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

nsd on SGI IRIX before 6.5.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the nsd.dump file.

nsd on SGI IRIX before 6.5.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the nsd.dump file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 22 years ago

2002-05-29 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-11 00:00:00

Affected Software

SGI IRIX 6.5

6.5

SGI IRIX 6.5.1

6.5.1

SGI IRIX 6.5.2

6.5.2

SGI IRIX 6.5.3

6.5.3

SGI IRIX 6.5.4

6.5.4

SGI IRIX 6.5.5

6.5.5

SGI IRIX 6.5.6

6.5.6

SGI IRIX 6.5.7

6.5.7

SGI IRIX 6.5.8

6.5.8

SGI IRIX 6.5.9

6.5.9

SGI IRIX 6.5.10

6.5.10

References

20020501-01-I

Vendor Advisory

irix-nsd-symlink(8981)

4655

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