CVE-2002-1502 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Symbolic link vulnerability in xbreaky before 0.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink from the user's .breakyhighscores file to the target file.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:dave_brul:xbreaky:0.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dave_brul:xbreaky:0.0.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1485	Symbolic link vulnerability in xbreaky before 0.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink from the user's .breakyhighscores file to the target file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00261.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0131.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10078.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5700
http://xbreaky.sourceforge.net/

History

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Dave Brul Xbreaky

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.686Z

Reserved: 2003-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1502

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-1502

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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