CVE-2002-0296

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The installation of Tarantella Enterprise 3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the "spinning" temporary file.

Published: 2002-05-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0296 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). 3 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-2002-0296

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21290 exploit_db edb 2002-02-19 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0296

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 2026-04-17 0.15% 0.38% +0.23%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.15% +0.11%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0296

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.2 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 1.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0296

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0296

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:tarantella_enterprise:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.01 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:tarantella_enterprise:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.10 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:tarantella_enterprise:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.11 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:tarantella_enterprise:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.20 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:tarantella_enterprise:3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0296

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