CVE-2002-0572

Public Exploit

Description

FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, and possibly other BSD-based operating systems, allows local users to write to or read from restricted files by closing the file descriptors 0 (standard input), 1 (standard output), or 2 (standard error), which may then be reused by a called setuid process that intended to perform I/O on normal files.

7.2

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.21%

Vendor Advisory freebsd.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8920.php	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4568	patch vendor advisory vdb entry exploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/809347	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.osvdb.org/6095	vdb entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0033.html	mailing list
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.asc	patch vendor advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-072.shtml	third party advisory government resource
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268970	patch vendor advisory mailing list exploit
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/269102	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2002-0572?: CVE-2002-0572 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2002-0572?: To fix CVE-2002-0572, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2002-0572 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2002-0572 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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