CVE-2002-0805

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Bugzilla 2.14 before 2.14.2, and 2.16 before 2.16rc2, (1) creates new directories with world-writable permissions, and (2) creates the params file with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to modify the files and execute code.

Affected products

Mozilla Bugzilla: 2.14, 2.14.1, 2.16, 2.16-rc1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0054.html
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134575
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9302.php
http://www.osvdb.org/6395
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-109.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4964
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0054.html
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134575
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9302.php
http://www.osvdb.org/6395
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-109.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4964

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