CVE-2002-1516

medium

Description

rpcbind in SGI IRIX, when using the -w command line switch, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5889

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10272.php

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-004.shtml

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-04-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00068