CVE-2002-0678

HIGH 7.2CVE-2002-0678 · Published 23/07/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-0678 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting unixware (caldera), dextop (xi graphics).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 9.4%, higher than 95.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
unixware caldera	`= 7.0= 7.1.0= 7.1.1`	No fix yet
dextop xi_graphics	`= 2.1`	No fix yet

Description

CDE ToolTalk database server (ttdbserver) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the transaction log file used by the _TT_TRANSACTION RPC procedure.

References

ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenUNIX/CSSA-2002-SCO.28/CSSA-2002-SCO.28.txt
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021101-01-P
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q3/0002.html
marc.info
cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-20.html · Patch
iss.net/security_center/static/9527.php
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/299816 · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/5083
www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A175
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2770
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A80

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