CVE-2002-0162

Exp

LogWatch before 2.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the logwatch temporary directory.

Published: 2002-03-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0162 is rated Exploit Available (58.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0162

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21356 exploit_db edb 2002-03-27 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0162

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 2026-01-02 0.12% 0.31% +0.19%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.12% +0.08%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0162

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.2 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 1.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0162

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-0162

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0162

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0162

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
logwatch logwatch <= 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:logwatch:logwatch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0162

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