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CVE-2002-0178
uudecode, as available in the sharutils package before 4.2.1, does not check whether the filename of the uudecoded file is a pipe or…
High7.2EPSS 0.62%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
uudecode, as available in the sharutils package before 4.2.1, does not check whether the filename of the uudecoded file is a pipe or symbolic link, which could allow attackers to overwrite files or execute commands.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.62% · top 50% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 4742 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20021030 GLSA: sharutils (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:180 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- VU#336083 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 8274 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?id=ae-200204-033&lang=en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:065 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- sharutils-uudecode-symlink(9075) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- HPSBTL0205-040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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