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CVE-2002-1516 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (rpcbind in SGI IRIX, when using the -w command line switch,)

rpcbind in SGI IRIX, when using the -w command line switch, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

CVE IDCVE-2002-1516
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score4.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-04-02
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionrpcbind in SGI IRIX, when using the -w command line switch, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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