CVE-2002-0044
LOW · CVSS 3.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of the Enscript user via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.4% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2002-0044)
- Published
- January 31, 2002
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2002-0044 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- gnu / enscript
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
Certified products that may be affected
13 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7.1 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0949-2017 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7.1 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0999-2016 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 OpenSSL Module, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 OpenSSL Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2441 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux on 32 bit x86 Architecture, Version 6.2 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0924-2014 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 dm-crypt Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1933 - historical
See all 13 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-105
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-010.php3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-012.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3818
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3920
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7932
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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