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CVE-2002-1502
Symbolic link vulnerability in xbreaky before 0.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink from the user's…
Low2.1EPSS 0.43%
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Description
Symbolic link vulnerability in xbreaky before 0.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink from the user's .breakyhighscores file to the target file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% 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: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- xbreaky-breakyhighscores-symlink(10078) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020912 xbreaky symlink vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5700 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://xbreaky.sourceforge.net/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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