CVE-2002-0137

Exp

CDRDAO 1.1.4 and 1.1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the $HOME/.cdrdao configuration file.

Published: 2002-03-25 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0137 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.75%). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0137

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21219 exploit_db edb 2002-01-13 Exploit-DB ↗
21218 exploit_db edb 2002-01-13 Exploit-DB ↗
21217 exploit_db edb 2002-01-13 Exploit-DB ↗
21216 exploit_db edb 2002-01-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0137

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.35% 0.75% +0.40%
2 2025-12-24 0.13% 0.35% +0.21%
3 2025-03-17 0.13%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0137

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0137

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0137

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
andreas_mueller cdrdao 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_mueller:cdrdao:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_mueller cdrdao 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_mueller:cdrdao:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0137

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