setlicense for TOLIS Group Backup and Restore Utility (BRU) 17.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/brutest.$$ temporary file.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0210 is rated High Exploit Risk (65/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Core evidence: 2 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21247 | exploit_db | edb | 2002-01-26 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-12-21 | 0.14% | 0.40% | +0.26% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 0.21% | 0.14% | -0.07% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 0.21% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| tolis_group | bru | 17.0 | cpe:2.3:a:tolis_group:bru:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252614 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8003.php | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3970 |