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CVE-2002-0760: bzip bzip2

CVSS: 1.2v2.0LowModified
Published 02-04-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-0760 is a low (CVSS 1.2) vulnerability in bzip bzip2. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
5/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
1.2/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.30%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-04-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Race condition in bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1 and 3.1.1, and possibly other operating systems, decompresses files with world-readable permissions before setting the permissions to what is specified in the bzip2 archive, which could allow local users to read the files as they are being decompressed.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.30% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.30%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Bzip1 product
  • bzip20.9.0 | 0.9.0a | 0.9.0b | 0.9.0c | 0.9.5a | 0.9.5b | 0.9.5c | 0.9.5d | 1.0 | 1.0.1

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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