CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0793

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2002-08-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2002-08-12
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-59

Description

Hard link and possibly symbolic link following vulnerabilities in QNX RTOS 4.25 (aka QNX4) allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the -f argument to the monitor utility, (2) the -d argument to dumper, (3) the -c argument to crttrap, or (4) using the Watcom sample utility.

Affected configurations

• blackberry qnx neutrino real-time operating system 4.25

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
CWE-62 UNIX Hard Link weakness

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0292.html Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9231.php Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4901 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4902 Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4903 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4904 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9232 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9233 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9234 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0292.html Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9231.php Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4901 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4902 Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4903 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4904 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9232 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9233 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9234 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry