Vulnerability in GNU Sharutils
CVE-2002-0178
uudecode, as available in the sharutils package before 4.2.1, does not check whether the filename of the uudecoded file is a pipe or symbolic link, which could allow attackers to overwrite files or execute commands.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (47.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Sharutils — versions 4.2
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4742 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-052.php (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-180.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/8274 (vdb-entry)
- www.aerasec.de/security/index.html
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-065.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9075.php (vdb-entry)
- online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4132 (vendor-advisory)