Race condition in the installation script for Tarantella Enterprise 3 3.01 through 3.20 creates a world-writeable temporary "gunzip" program before executing it, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the program before it is executed
Published Jun 25, 2002
6.2
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.89%
Description
Race condition in the installation script for Tarantella Enterprise 3 3.01 through 3.20 creates a world-writeable temporary "gunzip" program before executing it, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the program before it is executed.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.3.0
- 3.3.0.1
- 3.3.10
- 3.3.11
- 3.3.20
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.89% (0.00886) | 57.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.89% (0.00886) | 54.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.14% (0.00138) | 31.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 74.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 53.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101208650722179&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/265845 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7996.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3966 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.tarantella.com/security/bulletin-04.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101208650722179&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/265845 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7996.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3966 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.tarantella.com/security/bulletin-04.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed |
Change history (0)
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