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CVE-2002-0824

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

BSD pppd allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file that is specified as a tty device.

Affected products

• FreeBSD Point-To-Point Protocol Daemon: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812546815606&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9738.php
• http://www.openbsd.org/errata31.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5355
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812546815606&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9738.php
• http://www.openbsd.org/errata31.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5355

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