CVE-2002-1233

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-11-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

A regression error in the Debian distributions of the apache-ssl package (before 1.3.9 on Debian 2.2, and before 1.3.26 on Debian 3.0), for Apache 1.3.27 and earlier, allows local users to read or modify the Apache password file via a symlink attack on temporary files when the administrator runs (1) htpasswd or (2) htdigest, a re-introduction of a vulnerability that was originally identified and addressed by CVE-2001-0131.

Affected products

Apache HTTP Server: 1.3.17, 1.3.18, 1.3.19, 1.3.20, 1.3.22, 1.3.23 (+4)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103480856102007&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-187
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-188
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-195
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10412.php
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10413.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5981
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5990
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103480856102007&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-187
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-188
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-195

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