7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-2002-0178

Published: 29/05/2002 Updated: 18/10/2016
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 641
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

uudecode, as available in the sharutils package prior to 4.2.1, does not check whether the filename of the uudecoded file is a pipe or symbolic link, which could allow malicious users to overwrite files or execute commands.

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