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CVE-2002-0174 — HIGH severity vulnerability (nsd on SGI IRIX before 6.5.11 allows local users to overwrit)

nsd on SGI IRIX before 6.5.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the nsd.dump file.

CVE IDCVE-2002-0174
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-05-29
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionnsd on SGI IRIX before 6.5.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the nsd.dump file.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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