CVE-2002-1838 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Charities.cron 1.0.2 through 1.6.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published: 2005-06-28

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:steve_sachs:charities.cron:1.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:steve_sachs:charities.cron:1.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:steve_sachs:charities.cron:1.5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:steve_sachs:charities.cron:1.6.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1817	Charities.cron 1.0.2 through 1.6.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00828.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4869
http://www.stevesachs.com/charities.cron_CHANGELOG

History

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Subscriptions

Steve Sachs Charities.cron

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-28T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:03:39.163Z

Reserved: 2005-06-28T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1838

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:00:09.073

Link: CVE-2002-1838

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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