CVE-2002-0211

Exp

Race condition in the installation script for Tarantella Enterprise 3 3.01 through 3.20 creates a world-writeable temporary "gunzip" program before executing it, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the program before it is executed.

Published: 2002-05-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0211 is rated Exploit Available (58.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). 2 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-2002-0211

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21244 exploit_db edb 2002-02-08 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0211

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 2025-11-30 0.17% 0.32% +0.14%
2 2025-03-20 0.14% 0.17% +0.03%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.14% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0211

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-2002-0211

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0211

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:tarantella_enterprise:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:tarantella_enterprise:3.3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:tarantella_enterprise:3.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.3.11 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:tarantella_enterprise:3.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.3.20 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:tarantella_enterprise:3.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0211

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