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CVE-2002-0211
Race condition in the installation script for Tarantella Enterprise 3 3.01 through 3.20 creates a world-writeable temporary "gunzip"…
Medium6.2EPSS 0.89%
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- mitre
Description
Race condition in the installation script for Tarantella Enterprise 3 3.01 through 3.20 creates a world-writeable temporary "gunzip" program before executing it, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the program before it is executed.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.89% · top 41% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 3966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020126 Vulnerability report for Tarantella Enterprise 3. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020404 Exploit for Tarantella Enterprise 3 installation (BID 3966) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.tarantella.com/security/bulletin-04.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- tarantella-gunzip-tmp-race(7996) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
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