Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-0165 - Local Security vulnerability in Logwatch 2.5

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
logwatch

Summary

LogWatch 2.5 allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-0162.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Logwatch
1

Redhat

advisories
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2002:053
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2002:054