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CVE-2002-0044

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 2.2
• GNU Enscript: through 1.6.1
• RedHat Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2

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
• 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

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