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CVE-2002-0165

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2002-04-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

LogWatch 2.5 allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-0162.

Affected products

• Logwatch: 2.5

References

• http://list.kaybee.org/archives/logwatch-announce/2002-March/000003.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101787227513000&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8652.php
• http://list.kaybee.org/archives/logwatch-announce/2002-March/000003.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101787227513000&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8652.php

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