7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-2002-0247

Published: 29/05/2002 Updated: 11/09/2008
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

Buffer overflows in wmtv 0.6.5 and previous versions may allow local users to gain privileges.

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Nicolas Boullis found some security problems in the wmtv package (a dockable video4linux TV player for windowmaker) which is distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 22 With the current version of wmtv, the configuration file is written back as the superuser, and without any further checks A malicious user might use that to damage important files This p ...