Vulnerability in Caldera Openlinux
CVE-2002-1199
The getdbm procedure in ypxfrd allows local users to read arbitrary files, and remote attackers to read databases outside /var/yp, via a directory traversal and symlink attack on the domain and map arguments.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.022 (82.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Caldera Openlinux — versions 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
- SCO Openserver — versions 5.0.5, 5.0.6, 5.0.6a
- Sun Solaris — versions 9.0
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.7, 5.8
References
- sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/10329.php (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/538033 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2423 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5937 (vdb-entry)