CVE-2002-0080
rsync, when running in daemon mode, does not properly call setgroups before dropping privileges, which could provide supplemental group privileges to local users, who could then read certain files that would otherwise be disallowed.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-269
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (43th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2002-0080)
- Published
- March 15, 2002
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2002-0080 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- samba / rsync
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.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-014.1.txt(Broken Link)
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8463.php(Broken Link)
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-024.php3(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-026.html(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4285(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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