CDE ToolTalk database server (ttdbserver) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the transaction log file…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

9.4% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (2 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)

• CA-2002-20 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 20020710 [CORE-20020528] Multiple vulnerabilities in ToolTalk Database server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• HPSBUX0207-199 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• IY32368 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
• VU#299816 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:175 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:80 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 5083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• tooltalk-ttdbserverd-tttransaction-symlink(9527) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2770 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• 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)

Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 02:56 UTC.