CVE-2002-0658 Privilege escalation in n/a
Medium 6.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-0658 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2002-0658 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Apr 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-0658 exists.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0658/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0658/index.md)
Local attackers can escalate privileges via symbolic link attacks on temporary files in the OSSP mm library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2002-0658?
CVE-2002-0658 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Apr 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OSSP mm library (libmm) before 1.2.0 allows the local Apache user to gain privileges via temporary files, possibly via a symbolic link attack.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0658?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ossp Mm.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0658?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2002-0658 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-0658 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0658, DSA-137, GHSA-8phx-r45c-q556.