CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0244

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in chroot function in AtheOS 0.3.7 allows attackers to escape the jail via a .. (dot dot) in the pathname argument to chdir.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may gain access to the file system outside the restricted environment, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update AtheOS to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor the system for unauthorized access attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Directory traversal vulnerability in chroot function in AtheOS 0.3.7 allows attackers to escape the jail via a .. (dot dot) in the pathname argument to chdir.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS