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CVE-2002-0162

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-03-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

LogWatch before 2.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the logwatch temporary directory.

Affected products

• Logwatch: through 2.5

References

• http://list.kaybee.org/archives/logwatch-announce/2002-March/000002.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101724766216872
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/264233
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8652.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4374
• http://list.kaybee.org/archives/logwatch-announce/2002-March/000002.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101724766216872
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/264233
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8652.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4374

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