CVE-2002-1869 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can prevent event logging by locking the log file, causing a denial of service for audit trails in Heysoft EventSave.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-1869?
CVE-2002-1869 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jun 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Heysoft EventSave 5.1 and 5.2 and Heysoft EventSave+ 5.1 and 5.2 does not check whether the log file can be written to, which allows attackers to prevent events from being recorded by opening the log file using an application such as Microsoft's Event Viewer.
Weakness: CWE-667
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1869?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Heysoft Eventsave, Heysoft Eventsave\+.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1869?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1869 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-1869 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1869 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-45mq-v9rr-g7gg.